Sekirov Dictionary

poll parrot

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

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(old-fashioned) A tame parrot.
- Old Marster had a poll parrot, and this poll parrot would watch Jim and tell his Marster what Jim would do. — 2015
(slang, no longer used) A talkative, gossiping woman.

verb2

(old-fashioned) To speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot.
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(old-fashioned) To chatter like a parrot.
- 'What are you Poll Parroting at now? Ain't you got nothing to do but fold your arms and stand a Poll Parroting all night?' — 1864

forms

poll parroted · poll parroting · poll parrots

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