Usually means: Slang for parrot, often affectionate.
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  1. polly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. polly: Merriam-Webster
  3. polly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. polly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Polly, polly: Wordnik
  6. Polly: Wiktionary
  7. Polly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polly: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Polly, polly: Dictionary.com
  10. Polly: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Polly (Doctor Who), Polly (Nirvana song), Polly (Underdog), Polly (brig), Polly (disambiguation), Polly (film), Polly (opera), Polly (robot), Polly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Polly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. polly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Polly: Rhymezone
  15. Polly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. Polly: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  17. Polly: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. polly: FreeDictionary.org
  19. polly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Polly: Medical dictionary

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  1. Polly: Botanical Name listing of Plants

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  1. polly, polly, polly, polly, polly, Polly, Polly: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Polly)

▸ noun:  A female given name from Hebrew, nickname for Mary created by rhyming with Molly.
▸ noun:  A common name for a pet parrot.
▸ noun:  (UK, slang) A prefect at Uppingham School in Rutland, England.

Similar:
molly, Pollyanna, Polly-Anna, Polly Anna, Polyanna, Mary, pollie, lolly, Miriam, poll, more...

Phrases:
pretty polly, polly hill, Polly Adler, polly fish, polly apfelbaum, more...

Adjectives:
little, poor, pretty, old, dear, good, young, original, fair, beloved, sweet

Colors:
    parrot green,     lime,     emerald,     teal,     turquoise, more...


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Similar:
molly, Pollyanna, Polly-Anna, Polly Anna, Polyanna, Mary, pollie, lolly, Miriam, poll, more...

Phrases:
pretty polly, polly hill, Polly Adler, polly fish, polly apfelbaum, rolly polly, Murder of Polly Klaas, Polly Walker, Along Came Polly, Polly Draper, Polly Bergen, Polly Samson, Polly Holliday, Polly Pocket, more...

Adjectives:
little, poor, pretty, old, dear, good, young, original, fair, beloved, sweet

Colors:
    parrot green,     lime,     emerald,     teal,     turquoise, more...



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