jollop
n.— «It was a one third-full bottle of David Beckham’s Instinct. Instinct, you may recall, was David’s “fragrance”; what was once called after-shave and what my Dad still refers to as “jollop.”» —“Beckham gets scent off” by Danny Baker Times (London, United Kingdom) Oct. 9, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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