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▪ I. Polly1|ˈpɒlɪ|
Dim. of Poll n.2 (cf. Patty, Peggy); as female name, and name for a parrot.
[1616B. Jonson Epigr. i. ci, And we will have no Poolye or Parrot by.] 1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 311 One of these ‘images’ was a ‘Polly’.
b. weeping Polly (Australia): see quot.
1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 174/1 The native [Queensland] grasses are nearly a hundred in number..the weeping Polly is Poa cæspitosa.
▪ II. Polly2 slang.|ˈpɒlɪ|
Also 'polly.
Abbrev. of Apollinaris; a bottle or glass of Apollinaris water. Also attrib.
1852Dickens Bleak Ho. (1853) xx. 200 Four small rums is eight and three, and three Pollys is eight and six. 1878[see Apollinaris]. 1899Westm. Gaz. 10 June 6/1 The dividend on Polly shares was announced too late to be public property in business hours yesterday. 1905Daily Chron. 6 Sept. 4/7 ‘Johnny and Polly’ is a common order in Piccadilly. 1907Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/2 ‘Wagner and ‘polly’, or ‘Tchaikowsky and soda’..would be both less stimulating and less harmful than some of the more popular intoxicants. 1954J. Betjeman Few Late Chrysanthemums 43 And a host of little spiders Ran a race across the ciders To a box of baby 'pollies by the beer. 1969S. Hyland Top Bloody Secret ii. 165 Do not call it Appollinaris [sic] water... Nobody else..calls it that. They all say ‘Polly water’. 1973D. Kyle Raft of Swords (1974) viii. 77 ‘Soda? Apollinaris?’ ‘Whisky and Polly... I haven't had one in years.’ ‘It becomes increasingly difficult to come by.’ |