The story
- French · borrowed frompoupe“doll”
- English todaypoplolly
Likely a fanciful variant of poplet, ultimately from French poupe (“doll”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchpoupe all →
pooppoppyhead
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
poplolly
Today it means: A man's mistress, or a single woman of loose morals; a sweetheart. Full definition →
French poupe