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Definition of Polliwigs
1. polliwig [n] - See also: polliwig
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polliwigs
Literary usage of Polliwigs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1906)
"... last spring) and as it dries up, many polliwigs are left to die in its bottom,
and cause a stench, particularly one evening last spring complained of. ..."
2. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"There are no fish in Mono Lake—no frogs, no snakes, no polliwigs—nothing, in
fact, that goes to make life desirable. Millions of wild ducks and ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"*Pollard. The best kind of bran, sharps the second quality, middlings third do.
[FJB]. Poller, Pollen, Pollinger. A pollard tree. polliwigs. ..."
4. The Mikado's Empire by William Elliot Griffis (1883)
"The rice-fields of the whole country are now lakes of rich mud- pulp, the paradise
of polliwigs. An expanse of an exquisite light green covers many parts of ..."
5. The Mikado's Empire by William Elliot Griffis (1906)
"The rice-fields of the whole country are now lakes of rich mud- pulp, the paradise
of polliwigs. An expanse of an exquisite light green covers many parts of ..."
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