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jolly
noun- a good time; a pleasant excursion; a party UK, 1905
An abbreviation of “jollification”. - [S]he had saved up all this time off and she was planning to get out soon and have a jolly. — Diran Abedayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 54, 2000
- — Bernadette Hince, The Antarctic Dictionary, p. 196, 2000
- I’ve been to a few FA cup finals, usually as part of some sort of cor-porate jolly. — Frank Skinner, Frank Skinner, p. 88, 2001
- [I]n the mood for an epic jolly-up[.] — Uncut, p. 170, October 2002
- Summer only personnel may sometimes be referred to by winterers as “on a summer jolly.” — Cool Antarctica, 2003: “Antarctic slang”
- a Royal Marine UK, 1825 The Royal Marines are known as “the Jollies”.
- in horse race betting, the favourite UK
- — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 60, 1991
- the HH-53 rescue helicopter US
A common abbreviated form of JOLLY GREEN GIANT. - “How ’bout scrambling a Jolly and get him inbound while we continue the search.” — Tom Yarborough, Da Nang Diary, p. 264, 1990
- And he came back with, “Jolly’s got PI’s, they’ll soon be down.” — Joseph Tuso, Singing the Vietnam Blues, p. 29, 1990: The Ballad of Jeb Stewart
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