I really think I must open this roly-poly bundle and see what is in it," said she; and she began to take off Lisbeth's red mittens and to undo the knitted shawls.
Soon Lisbeth sat there stripped of all her outer toggery, but nevertheless looking almost as plump and roly-poly as ever; for not only did her long frock barely clear the ground at the bottom, but its band reached almost up under her arms.
Kjersti Hoel had to smile when she saw the little roly-poly bundle over by the door, talking in such a grown-up fashion.
They went off last night to be gone two days--another trip to Atlanta with old Roly-poly and some more.
Old Roly-poly said once that he paid the running expenses of this town himself.
In the dry season it withers, and is easily broken off and rolled about by the winds, whence it is called roley-poly by the settlers.
The Dutch boy, who by reason of his roly-poly body and fat, short legs, was not well adapted to mountain climbing, was much fatigued by the headlong haste with which his friends proceeded.
Even Johnny Chuck jumped, and because he was so rolly-poly he tumbled over and over and everybody laughed and Johnny Chuck laughed loudest of all.
Johnny Chuck hurried down the Lone Little Path as fast as his short legs could take his fat, rolly-poly self.
But Johnny Chuck was so round and fat and rolly-poly that he just tumbled over in a heap.
And so time wore on--time that shaped the roly-poly Buff into a leggy but handsome six-months' pup.
You see, he is so round and fat and roly-poly that to run makes him puff and blow.
He was so fat and roly-poly that he was all out of breath when he reached home, and so tired that he just dropped down on his doorstep and panted.
When I went away to college she was a little roly-poly beauty of ten or eleven, maybe.
In this case the offerings of the faithful had taken visible shape in the blue-tiled tomb where Deen Ali's body lay under a stucco roly-poly twelve feet long.
They had walked a couple of blocks along a residential street when a little, roly-poly puppy waddled out onto the sidewalk to greet them.
He stopped at the messhall, and there he found the cook, a jolly, roly-poly sort of man.
Poly did not permit herself to think much about going away, however, and the last evening found her cheerful still.
There are three or four waiting now to come down, ahead of David," Poly went on.
Poly was a bit surprised when she found that their destination was the great room where the "Board" was in session, but she could not be afraid with Dr.
They are the small single rooms that Belle and Fannie and Roly Poly have," whispered Mary, as she tapped on a door.
Occasionally her face lit up with a delightful smile, and she would turn and beam approvingly at Percy or Merry or Roly Poly McLane, who were the chief fun-makers.
Billie tried to talk and sing with the others and laugh at Roly Poly McLane and Percy, who recited an absurd dialogue they had prepared beforehand in which Roly Poly took the part of a fat, old man and Percy a thin old woman.
Here comes Roly Poly McLane," cried Percy, laughing, as he peered through a side light of the front door.
We were playing Mis' Poly Gifford in the hospital," Rickey answered.
Mrs. Poly Gifford refers to her now, I believe, as a dispensation of Providence.
Mrs. Poly Gifford--a guest of the day--here shone resplendent.
I sit with an expectant appetite, and a roly-poly appears, white, flabby, and bursting at its ends with raspberry jam.
But this happiness is qualified when she gives us roly-poly pudding more than once every ten days.
While Amelia goes for the cheese course I say, "Do you think you could like roly-poly a little less, only a little less?
I happened to mention the roly-poly to Nanty, and she said, "Be thankful she can make a pudding at all, or you might have to make it yourself.
Indeed, he was so stout a boy, Some called him Roly Poly Roy; They called him that For he was fat And very plump and chubby.
And Roly Poly Roy you'll see Along the sidewalks stalking.
Johnny Chuck would have gone himself, but he is round and fat and roly-poly and cannot run fast, while Peter Rabbit's legs are long and meant for running.
Fanny has made the roly-poly pudding,' says he; the chops are my part.
He was a Rad-ical one day, He met a Tory crew, His Poly Tics he cast away, And then turned Tory too.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "poly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
