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

A thousand gold mohurs for one little wee polly!

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

All red, blue, and green,— The most beautiful polly That ever was seen.

From Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature by Scudder, Horace Elisha

But in king Charles's time, there has been nothing but Trenchmore and the Cushion-dance, omnium gatherum, tolly polly, hoite cum toite.'

From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)

"I been listenin' good, an' I hear 'em jabber, jabber, jabber all dey fanciful lingoes, but I 'ain't heern nair one say polly fronsay, an' yit I know dats de riverend book French."

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