polony
Britishnoun
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Origin of polony
C16: perhaps from Bologna
Example Sentences
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The highly processed meat, locally called “polony,” is known for its fluorescent artificial color.
From New York Times
The government identified the cold meat polony as the source of the listeria poisoning - but advised consumers to avoid all ready-to-eat processed meat.
From BBC
Mr Motsoaledi said a ready-to-eat sausage known as polony, made by Enterprise Food and RCL Foods, would be recalled from stores.
From BBC
Tripe and cowheel are regarded as dainties, and there is the whole range of mysterious English preparations of questionable meat, from sausage and polonies to saveloys and cheap pies.
From Project Gutenberg
Here, whilst I left the little girl innocently eating a polony in the front shop, I and Boroughbridge retired with the boy into the back parlour, where Mrs. Boroughbridge was playing cribbage.
From Project Gutenberg
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