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pollywog
English
Pronunciation
Noun
pollywog (plural pollywogs)
- A polliwog.
- (sailing slang) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
- (New Zealand, slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent (Poly + wog).
References
- pollywog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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polliwog
English
Alternative forms
- pollywog, polliwig, polliwiggle, pollywig, polwig, porriwiggle, purwiggy, porwigle, porwiggle
Etymology
From earlier polwigge, from Middle English polwygle, equal to poll (“head”) +? wiggle.
Noun
polliwog (plural polliwogs)
- (US, dialectal) A tadpole.
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