Polliwog

created by Webster 1913

(person) by Sylvar (3 wk) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Jul 02 2001 at 19:51:42

In US Navy slang (and possibly in other services), a sailor who has not yet crossed the Equator.

A polliwog, or wog for short, becomes a shellback during an initiation after the crossing.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:06:09

Pol"li*wig (?), Pol"li*wog (?), n. [OE. polwigle. Cf. Poll head, and Wiggle.] Zool.

A tadpole; -- called also purwiggy and porwigle.

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wog	Tadpole's Promise	Raven	sick fuck
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Round the Moon: 8: At Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred and Fourteen Leagues	potato jokes	I am one sick fuck	Tadpole
Scarecrow of Oz 23: The Land of Oz	The Sea Fairies 6	sailor	newbie
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