"jolly boy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jolly boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jolly boy (plural jolly boys)
  1. (UK) A kind of pancake. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-jolly_boy-en-noun-C0TPTWOc Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, historical) A pace-egger. Tags: UK, historical
    Sense id: en-jolly_boy-en-noun-nWHFNL2h Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73

Inflected forms

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