polly
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In the uncanny way the little polly repeated Julius' slogan, and with that beak of his, Mr. Wintergreen was almost tempted to believe in reincarna tion.
From Time Magazine Archive
"And here, keep my polly till I come back," added Trot, giving him the bird.
From Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
"And here—keep my polly till I come back," added Trot, giving him the bird.
From Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
But I likes polly unkimmon, and polly likes i, and though she bites and kicks she do be unhappy when i goes away to be shoed.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
Rest sing a mean old polly case with boats and a little scissors nicely sore.
From Geography and Plays by Stein, Gertrude
Choost look, Dogdor; here's one of dose measley new pollies I god in from Zingapore.
From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods
“Why, what do you know about pollies, old man?”
From Milly and Olly by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Page 140—petty amended to pretty—"... where there were a thousand other pretty pollies, ..."
From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Frere, M.
