polly
noun
a tame parrot.
pollies
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pluralof polly.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Page 140—petty amended to pretty—"... where there were a thousand other pretty pollies, ..."
From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by M. Frere
“Why, what do you know about pollies, old man?”
From Milly and Olly by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Choost look, Dogdor; here's one of dose measley new pollies I god in from Zingapore.
From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson
