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Poll
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poll póll põll Pöll
English
Etymology 1
From en Polly, by rhyming with en Molly, from en Mary.
Pronunciation
en /pɑl/ GA
en /pɒl/ RP
en ɒl 1
Proper noun
en female Mary.
1833 The Pilgrim Brothers [signed Timotheus Scribewell], Romances of Chivalric Ages, H. Cope, page iv:
"A gentleman, please Sir," said the blushing Mary, (or Poll as some unrespective and light-minded persons have misnamed her), and the gentleman entered.
A common pet name for a parrot.
Noun
en UK slang obsolete A disreputable woman.
References
en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=used%20by%20printers%2E-,Poll,-%2C%20a%20female: "a female of unsteady character"
Etymology 2
From en Paul.
Proper noun
en given names.