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pollywogs

pollywogs is the plural of pollywog.

Meaning of pollywog

Noun

pollywog (plural pollywogs)

  1. (Canada, UK, US, dialectal) A tadpole.
    • So Tommy sang the following verse: “The cold got worse, The frog got hoarse, Till croaking he scared a polliwog!”1897, L. Frank Baum, “The Story of Tommy Tucker”, in Mother Goose in Prose
  2. (informal) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
  3. (archaic, derogatory) An untrustworthy person, especially a politician.

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Questions about pollywogs

What is pollywogs the plural of?
Pollywogs is the plural of pollywog.

Words near pollywogs in the dictionary

  1. pollywig
  2. pollywigs
  3. pollywog
  4. pollywogged
  5. pollywogging
  6. pollywogs
  7. Pollywood
  8. Polmadie
  9. Polman
  10. Polmont
  11. polnoglasie

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