[Short for JOLLY-BOAT.] = JOLLY-BOAT.
1829. Marryat, F. Mildmay, xxii. There is the jolly for you: send the boat off as soon as you have landed.
1887. W. Rye, Norfolk Broads, 74. We took the jolly across the broad.
1889. G. C. Davies, in Blackw. Mag., CXLVI. 172/2. The jolly was half full of water.
