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They named it Miss Millie Pollywog, a portmanteau of Earhart’s nickname and sailor’s slang for someone who hasn’t crossed the Equator.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

SUN Use nets to search for salamander eggs, tadpoles, dragonfly nymphs and other creatures in Pollywog Pond, 1 p.m.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2018

As No. 1 Pollywog, Truman was first�but was let off easy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pollywog Truman cheerfully donned a baker's cap, saw to it that others in his entourage conformed to the prescribed pollywog costume of trousers, loud shirts and ties worn backward.*

From Time Magazine Archive

As fast as one boy entered it another had to go home, so that conducting the Pollywog Patrol was like pouring water into a leaky pail.

From Pee-Wee Harris Adrift by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese