jollop
n.— «Hard times and hard frost last night, and so she will have to be content with a jollop of new antifreeze.» —“BW Cert.” by David Hockin Usenet: uk.rec.waterways Oct. 25, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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