polony
/pəˈloʊni/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of palone.
Example Sentences
- "A dreadful day it was for young Dobbin when one of the youngsters of the school, having run into the town upon a poaching excursion for hardbake and polonies, espied the cart of Dobbin & Rudge, Grocers and Oilmen, Thames Street, London, at the Doctor's door, discharging a cargo of the wares in which the firm dealt."
- "There was a touch of quiet humour in Rachel, and with a demure smile, she internally wondered why it was precisely her polony that had been selected by puss, but aloud she merely declared that she could make an excellent supper on bread and beer."
- "A survey of 25 polony samples of different brands available to the consumer in Bloemfontein showed that significant numbers of various micro-organisms were present."
- "Shlomo threw the polony and bread ceremoniously into the lorry and heaved himself up to see who it was who recognised him."
- "“What about that polony he was with?” ¶ “She doesn't matter”, the Boy said, “She's just a buer—he gave her a half. I saw him hand it out.”"
- "“I don't need a razor with a polony. If you don't know what it is, it's a bottle.”"
Etymology
A corruption of bologna.