pollyfox

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pollyfox

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

verb pollyfoxes · pollyfoxing · pollyfoxed · polly-fox

dialectal, obsolete To equivocate; to dodge the issue. Considerable time was taken up in skirmishing and pollyfoxing to secure the advantage in the start.
Similar: pussyfoot

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@misc{pollyfox_2026,
  title = {pollyfox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pollyfox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}