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polly

[pol-ee] / ˈpɒl i /


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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 which I considers it the completest ’onor out to be chums along o’ polly, anyhow whatsoever.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables

A thousand gold mohurs for one little wee polly!

From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by M. Frere

I seed Blink 'istidday stan' an' look at' im, an' den look down at 'isse'f, same as ter say, 'Is I a polly, or what?'

From Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales by Ruth McEnery Stuart

Rest sing a mean old polly case with boats and a little scissors nicely sore.

From Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein

Choost look, Dogdor; here's one of dose measley new pollies I god in from Zingapore.

From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson

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 M. Frere

“Why, what do you know about pollies, old man?”

From Milly and Olly by Mrs. Humphry Ward


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