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polly

1

[ pol-ee ]

noun

plural pollies.
  1. a tame parrot.


Polly

2

[ pol-ee ]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Mary.
  2. a common name for a parrot.

polly

/ ˈ±èÉ’±ôɪ /

noun

  1. an informal word for politician
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Origin of polly1

Generic use of Polly
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Without giving further details, Nel said he was told by Deputy Police Minister Polly Boshielo that officers were tracking down the suspected killers.

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Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said the latest announcement "means social housing tenants will have to wait years longer for this vital protection".

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Gavin recalled how his daughter Polly was born in London on 18 August 1998 - three days after the bomb - while he was still in Belfast.

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"So many people go through tough things - they just do," she told interviewer Polly Vernon.

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In director Mike Newell‘s “Enchanted April,†Plowright shared the screen with Alfred Molina, Miranda Richardson and Polly Walker as the elderly Mrs. Fisher, one of four women seeking respite on an Italian vacation.

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