polly
[pol-ee]
- a tame parrot.
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Origin of polly
generic use of Polly
Also called poll, poll parrot.
Polly
[pol-ee]
- a female given name, form of Mary.
- a common name for a parrot.
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Contemporary Examples
Terms of Endearment got made because Polly Platt was so persistent.
Polly wrote a letter of support, saying, “Ron is not normal.”
“We are talking about a very sophisticated eye,” writes Polly Mellen.
It is a bedtime story for adults, filled with first names only—Jack and Polly, Jane and Jean, Asa and Madge, Luke and Annie.
Ten years after releasing her last work of fiction, Polly Samson is back with a new story collection, Perfect Lives.
Historical Examples
Chip carefully brushed a fly off Polly's flank with the whip.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
And whether she died, or whether she got well and forgot Polly, none of us ever heard.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
Life in general seems to have treated Polly in somewhat the same way.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
It was little to give out of a full and happy day; but Polly had nothing.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
There I found Polly, who had an air of calling everything in the house her own.
Concerning CatsHelen M. Winslow
polly
- an informal word for politician
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Word Origin and History for polly
Polly
fem. proper name, a rhyming collateral form of Molly, pet form of Mary.
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