porriwiggle

English

Noun

porriwiggle (plural porriwiggles)

1. (dialect) A tadpole.
   • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 6, in The Unknown Ajax:

     She went into a peal of laughter. ‘Oh, what is it? Porriwiggle?’ ¶ He grinned. ‘It's what we call a tadpole.’