pollywog

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pollywog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Noun

pollywog (plural pollywogs)

1. A polliwog.
2. (sailing slang) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
3. (New Zealand, slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent (Poly + wog).

References

• pollywog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.