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roly-poly

How many syllables in roly-poly?

  4 syllables

Divide roly-poly into syllables:   ro-ly-po-ly
Primary syllable stress:   ro-ly-po-ly
Secondary syllable stress:   ro-ly-po-ly
How to say roly-poly:

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