Definition of Polliwig

1. n. A tadpole; -- called also purwiggy and porwigle.

Definition of Polliwig

1. Noun. Variant of polliwog. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polliwig

1. pollywog [n -S] - See also: pollywog

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polliwig

polliniferous
pollinium
pollinize
pollinized
pollinizer
pollinizers
pollinizes
pollinizing
pollinose
pollinoses
pollinosis
pollis
pollises
pollist
pollists
polliwig (current term)
polliwigs
polliwog
polliwogs
pollman
pollmen
pollock
pollocked
pollocking
pollocks
pollodic
polls
pollster
pollsters
polltaker

Literary usage of Polliwig

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"... and polliwig (the latter is the Essex name also) ; and Moor as adducing ... name—rather a Suffolk name, as polliwig is also current in that county. ..."

2. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"... polliwig, .the name of a tadpole, as used by Forby, and frequently quoted, appears in America very generally as pollywog, removing.it thus farther from ..."

3. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"It is from periwig, and polliwig is a licentious corruption of it. Certainly one of the little animals bears as much resemblance to that antiquated article ..."

4. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"It is from periwig, and polliwig is a licentious corruption of it. Certainly one of the little animals bears as much resemblance to that antiquated article ..."

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