polly
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In the uncanny way the little polly repeated Julius' slogan, and with that beak of his, Mr. Wintergreen was almost tempted to believe in reincarna tion.
From Time Magazine Archive
De neares' ter 'isse'f what he knows is dat ole green polly what set in de fig-tree nex' do', an' talk Gascon.
From Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales by Ruth McEnery Stuart
Rest sing a mean old polly case with boats and a little scissors nicely sore.
From Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein
"Ha, ha, ha! he kissed her in the wood, Fifine, give Poll his cracker, polly wants a cracker."
From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by [pseud.] Vera
I seed Blink 'istidday stan' an' look at' im, an' den look down at 'isse'f, same as ter say, 'Is I a polly, or what?'
From Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales by Ruth McEnery Stuart
Choost look, Dogdor; here's one of dose measley new pollies I god in from Zingapore.
From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson
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
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