porriwiggle

English

Noun

porriwiggle (plural porriwiggles)

  1. (dialectal) A tadpole.
    • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 6, in The Unknown Ajax:
      She went into a peal of laughter. ‘Oh, what is it? Porriwiggle?’ ¶ He grinned. ‘It's what we call a tadpole.’
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