poll parrot

English

Noun

poll parrot (plural poll parrots)

  1. (dated) A tame parrot

Verb

poll parrot (third-person singular simple present poll parrots, present participle poll parroting, simple past and past participle poll parroted)

  1. (transitive, dated) to speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot
  2. (intransitive, dated) to chatter like a parrot

Quotations
  • 1864 — Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, Bk II, ch XII
    'What are you Poll Parroting at now? Ain't you got nothing to do but fold your arms and stand a Poll Parroting all night?'
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