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paddle-pop


noun a frozen flavoured confection on a stick. Compare by jingo, iceblock, icy pole. [trademark]

Contributor's comments: An icy pole/iceblock is a water-based ice confection on a stick, whilst a paddle-pop is a dairy-based ice confection on a stick. Similar - but definitely different products. Icy pole is used in Victoria (a brand name) and iceblock is used in NSW, but paddle-pop is used in both states.

Contributor's comments: I've heard paddle-pop used a lot in Perth as well. However, besides referring to the actual ice-cream brand, I'm not sure if it is used to refer to a similar ice-cream of a different brand.


Contributor's comments: We definitely use paddle-pop here (for at least the last 30 years), but I think it always means the paddle-pop brand. If it's a different brand, then it gets called ice-cream or ice-block.