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polly

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A female given name, nickname for Mary created by rhyming with Molly.
  • * 1860 Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell, The Lighthouse , Saunders, Otley and co. 1860, page 161:
    • "Well, Johnny," she replied, rather hurt, "if you want to call me something else, you may do so; but I will not have any outlandish, ridiculous names. I don't like it much, but if you really wish it, you may call me Polly ."
    Polly , indeed! Mary was getting more and more prosaic.
  • A common name for a pet parrot.

    • See also

    * Pollyanna * poly- * English diminutives of female given names

    nolly

    Not English

    Nolly has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'nolly':

    nelly, newly, naily, noily