Definition of Pollywogs

1. Noun. (plural of pollywog) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pollywogs

1. pollywog [n] - See also: pollywog

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollywogs

pollutingly
pollutionist
pollutionless
pollutions
pollutive
pollux
polly
polly fish
pollyannaish
pollyfish
pollyspeak
pollywig
pollywigs
pollywog
pollywogs (current term)
polnoglasie
polo
polo-neck
polo-neck collar
polo-necks
polo ball
polo mallet
polo neck
polo necks
polo pony
polo shirt
polo shirts
polo stick
polocrosse

Literary usage of Pollywogs

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

1. The Algonquin Legends of New England: Or, Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac by Charles Godfrey Leland (1884)
"... conquered the Great Bull-Frog, and in what Manner all the pollywogs, Crabs, Leeches, and other Water Creatures were created, (Passamaquoddy and Micmac. ..."

2. Seed-babies by Margaret Warner Morley (1896)
"After a while they hatched into tadpoles, or pollywogs, as the children called them. I wonder why things don't hatch right out, instead of hatching into ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"(NED) 1835-40 Little ponds.... nothing but pollywogs, tadpoles, ... (NED) 1857 They can talk with you on any subject from cosmogony to pollywogs. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1912)
"What about pollywogs. Do you know anything about them. ... for the pollywogs and I see on the way home from school this place where the pollywogs grew. 631. ..."

5. Frog Opera: With Pollywog Chorus; a Musical Extravaganza Founded Upon the by Charles Thurber Miller (1880)
"Chorus of pollywogs, Gypsies, Rats and Mice. i ACT I—Banks of the Danube. 1. Opening Chorus, " Simon says Up " Chorus. 2. ..."

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