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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Jolly

A sailor's nickname for a marine, who, in his opinion, bears the same relation to a “regular” as a jolly-boat or yawl does to a ship. (Danish, jollë, a yawl.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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