jollop

/ ˈdʒɒləp /

noun

1. informal.
   a cream or unguent

Word History and Origins

Origin of jollop¹

C20: from French jalap , from Spanish jalapa , from purga de Jalapa purge of Jalapa, Jalapa being a city in Mexico

Example Sentences

“Jalap will be of service to you:” pronounce the word as it is spelled, never saying jollop.

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All I can say is, I hope my turn ’ll come to do something for the doctor, and till it does I’ll take anything he likes to give me, even if it’s jollop, and won’t make a face.”

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It’s very kind of you to say so, my dear, and of course I shouldn’t think of going without some camomiles, and poppy-heads, and a little castor-oil, and salts and senny, and jollop.

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Wishing ain’t no good, or I’d do it with both hands, and wish old Jollop was here to look at his tongue and to strap up that head of his.

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Just a wash and a dab of old Jollop’s sticking-plaister; and it won’t get neither, for it will heal up by itself and be something to show,” he chuckled—“PP’s first wound in the Malay Expedition!”

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