lollipops last longer if you keep them out of the water, you know.
"My Father's Dragon"
Ruth Stiles Gannett
So the crocodiles lined up right across the river with their tails in the air, waiting for my father to fasten on the rest of the lollipops.
"My Father's Dragon"
Ruth Stiles Gannett
My first appearance in life was in a wicker basket with a lot of others in the dingy window of old Spattleberry's shop, where we lived in company with bottles of lollipops, ginger beer, jam tarts, string, slate pencil, tops, knives, and parliament.
"Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves"
Frances Freeling Broderip