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Definition of Polliwogs
1. polliwog [n] - See also: polliwog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polliwogs
Literary usage of Polliwogs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nursery by John L. Shorey (Firm (1877)
"polliwogs. THE cat-tails all along the brook Are growing tall and green ; EH.
Justus. And in the meadow-pool, once more, The polliwogs are seen ; Among the ..."
2. Basic Math Skills, Grade 1 by Jo Ellen Moore (2003)
"Hector wants to catch polliwogs. Show him how to get to the pond. Connect the
shapes that show ~2~. Read, write, and draw fractions (1/2, 1/3, ..."
3. Day by Day in the Primary School by Alice Maud Bridgham (1907)
"What color were the polliwogs ? What color is this frog ? Where is the frog's home ?
Where was the tadpole's home ? Are frogs of any use ? ..."
4. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1896)
"Soon the little crowd came back, with tin pans and buckets, to get their portion
of polliwogs, and also received instructions that the water must be changed ..."
5. Learning to Talk; Or, Entertaining and Instructive Lessons in the Use of by Jacob Abbott (1868)
"polliwogs are little things that look like lizards, only lizards live on the
land, and polliwogs live in the water. They swim all about in warm and sunny ..."
6. Report of an Investigation of Water and Sewage Purification Plant in Ohio by Ohio State Board of Health, Charles Oliver Probst, R. Winthrop Pratt, Philip Burgess, A. Elliott Kimberly (1908)
"Considerable feeling had been aroused among the water consumers from the fact
that in several instances these polliwogs had been drawn from service taps. ..."
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