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porwigle

/ˈpɔː(ɹ)wɪɡəl/

porwigle is the alternative form 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.

See all 5 meanings of pollywog

Forms of porwigle

pluralporwigles

Questions about porwigle

What is porwigle the alternative form of?
Porwigle is the alternative form of pollywog.
How do you pronounce porwigle?
Porwigle is pronounced /ˈpɔː(ɹ)wɪɡəl/.

Words near porwigle in the dictionary

  1. poruwas
  2. Porvoo
  3. Porvorim
  4. porwiggle
  5. porwiggles
  6. porwigle
  7. porwigles
  8. pory
  9. porzelky
  10. Porzio
  11. Porzios

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Adapted from Wiktionary: porwigle (page history and authors); pollywog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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