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| A '''lollipop''', '''lolly''', or '''sucker''' is a type of ] consisting mainly of hardened, flavoured ] with ] mounted on a stick and intended for ] or ]. They are available in many flavours and shapes. | |||
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| Lollipops are available in a variety of flavours, particularly fruit flavours. In ], especially the ], ] and ], ]-flavoured lollipops are also available, but these are largely unknown in other parts of the world. With numerous companies producing lollipops, the candy now comes in dozens of flavors and many different shapes. | |||
| Some lollipops contain fillings, such as ] or soft candy. More exotic lollipops may have ]s such as ] ]e embedded.<ref>{{cite web | title = Edible insects | url = http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2005/4/edibleinsects.cfm | last = Fromme | first = Alison | date = July/August 2005 | publisher = Smithsonian National Zoological Park | accessdate = 2007-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = ''Tenebrio'' sp., mealworm, in a sticky lollipop | url = http://owen.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/www/image.php?img=58620&frm=ser&search=curiosity | publisher = The National History Museum, London | accessdate = 2007-03-24 }}</ref> | |||
| Some lollipops have been marketed for use as ]s, although their effectiveness is untested, and ] of weight loss may be due to the ].<ref>{{cite web | title = Lollipop Diet helps woman shed pounds |url = http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa060208_kd_lollipopdiet.63fd4f8e.html | last = St. James | first = Janet | publisher = WFAA News (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas) | date = February 8, 2007 | accessdate = 2007-03-24}}</ref> | |||
| ==Terminology== | |||
| The term "lollipop" was first recorded in ] in ], denoting a ] consisting chiefly of sugar or ].<ref>Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1973</ref> The first element is perhaps related to "loll", meaning "to dangle" (as in a tongue)—"lolly" was also a northern ] word for the tongue, although this may in fact be derived ] from the mouth sounds associated with sucking and licking. According to another explanation, the term may have originated as a ] from the ]. This theory cites the Romani ''loli phabai'', or "red apple", and notes the term may derive from apples eaten from sticks.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Romani | title = Romani words borrowed into English of various dialects | publisher = Everything2 | date = August 1, 2003 | accessdate = 2007-03-24 }}</ref> | |||
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