Wordie: Loblolly

5 months ago chained_bear said:

I've only ever seen this word meaning a kind of pine tree, except in this set of O'Brian novels, in which the word loblolly-boy appears so frequently that I didn't even think of listing it until the 12th novel, or whichever the hell one that I'm on. Anyway, usage note's on loblolly-boy.

7 months ago seanahan said:

There are 2,380 hits for "loblolly gruel", so I think it is valid.

7 months ago mollusque said:

C'mon, gruel's cool. Have some more!

7 months ago yarb said:

"Lots of folk live on their wits:
Lecturers, lispers,
Losers, loblolly-men, louts-
They don't end as paupers"

Larkin, Toads

7 months ago chained_bear said:

Eeyew. It makes me think of gruel with long pine needles in it!

7 months ago reesetee said:

WeirdNet strikes again.

7 months ago pomegranate said:

Loblolly is a pine species. "Thick gruel"? Puh-leeze!

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