poll parrot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Sometimes I would draw my gun like I was going to shoot and the poll parrot would say, 'Jim, don't you shoot me!'
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration
They had two carpet bags and a box and a poll parrot in a cage.
From Teddy's Button by Le Feuvre, Amy
Almsgiving and charity may have no more affinity than the philosophy of Plato and the political conversation of a poll parrot!
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper
Yeah," he drawled, "she runs it about the way the skipper's poll parrot runs the vessel.
From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
"Oh, Aunt Jane's poll parrot, do say something," Sally said at last.
From Phyllis A Twin by Whitehill, Dorothy
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