pollyfox

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To equivocate; to dodge the issue. dialectal,obsolete
    — Considerable time was taken up in skirmishing and pollyfoxing to secure the advantage in the start.

词形变化

pollyfoxes present,singular,third-person pollyfoxing participle,present pollyfoxed participle,past pollyfoxed past polly-fox alternative

词源

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