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Discover LudwigThe word "roly-poly" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is an adjective meaning "rounded and plump in appearance" and can be used to describe a person, animal, or thing. For example: "Betty was a cheerful, roly-poly woman with a kind heart."
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roly-poly
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A roly-poly kid in catcher's gear sees my hesitation.
His energy is more roly-poly than slash and burn.
His roly-poly face scarcely jogs the memory.
When he first appears, he is likable, almost roly-poly.
He just travels everywhere through the medium of roly-poly.
Have you heard a finer insult than "roly-poly little bat-faced girl"?
At times this warrior maiden seems like your favorite roly-poly aunt.
Try your hand at ginger biscuits, rhubarb-jam roly-poly and, particularly scrumptious, custard envelopes.
(He played Brigsby himself, wearing a fur suit and a roly-poly bear's head).
He's now eighteen roly-poly pounds of black-and-white fur.
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