poll parrot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Yeah," he drawled, "she runs it about the way the skipper's poll parrot runs the vessel.
From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
They had two carpet bags and a box and a poll parrot in a cage.
From Teddy's Button by Le Feuvre, Amy
My Aunt Jane's poll parrot, was there ever such a scream.
From Phyllis A Twin by Whitehill, Dorothy
Talk, talk, poll parrot can’t say know what um say.
From Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea by Browne, Gordon
But you can't stop Zuba talkin' any more than you can a poll parrot.
From Cap'n Dan's Daughter by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
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