Polly
See also: polly
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈpɒli/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒli
- Homophones: poly, Pali (father–bother merger)
Proper noun edit
Polly
- A female given name from Hebrew, nickname for Mary created by rhyming with Molly.
- 1860, Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell, The Lighthouse, Saunders, Otley and co., page 161:
- "Well, Johnny," she replied, rather hurt, "if you want to call me something else, you may do so; but I will not have any outlandish, ridiculous names. I don't like it much, but if you really wish it, you may call me Polly."
Polly, indeed! Mary was getting more and more prosaic.
- A common name for a pet parrot.
- Polly wants a cracker!