pollyfox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To equivocate; to dodge the issue.

Word forms

pollyfox pollyfoxes pollyfoxing pollyfoxed polly-fox

Etymology

Attested since 1860s. Unknown etymology - a column in a 1921 issue of The Weekly Review speculated it might be an eponym.

Synonyms

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