lollipop man/lady
noun [C] UK informalDefinition
› a person who helps children to cross the road near a school by standing in the middle of the road and holding up a stick with a sign on it that means that the traffic must stopUrban and residential streets
(Definition of lollipop man/lady noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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