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poll parrots

poll parrots is the plural of poll parrot.

Meaning of poll parrot

Noun

poll parrot (plural poll parrots)

  1. (dated) A tame parrot.
    • Old Marster had a poll parrot, and this poll parrot would watch Jim and tell his Marster what Jim would do.2015, Richard M. Dorson, American Negro Folktales, page 121
  2. (archaic, slang) A talkative, gossiping woman.
    • It was on the tip of her tongue to call her a poll parrot (Mrs. Kingdom had said nothing but 'dear me' repeatedly and freezingly). She was a free-spoken woman as a rule, and it was terrible to have to sit still and waste all the good things she could have said to her […]1902, Country Life, volume 11, page 636

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What is poll parrots the plural of?
Poll parrots is the plural of poll parrot.

Words near poll parrots in the dictionary

  1. poll evil
  2. poll evils
  3. poll parrot
  4. poll parroted
  5. poll parroting
  6. poll parrots
  7. poll tax
  8. poll taxes
  9. poll worker
  10. poll workers
  11. poll-tax

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