All she could think now, though, was that the fabulous Mr. Frog was only a polliwog when it came to crazy rides. From Wordnik.com. [The Disunited States of America] Reference
In those early days, it had been only a faint polliwog of mist, moving slowly through the constellation of Eridanus, just south of the Equator. From Wordnik.com. [Of Time and Stars]
It seems unlikely that Palin, Lazio and other opponents of the project are enraged at the specter of polliwog swim classes and family movie nights a few blocks from Ground Zero. From Wordnik.com. [Kelly Caldwell: Say Yes to a Mosque at Ground Zero] Reference
Great … … on February 4, 2009 at 1: 12 pm | Reply petoskystone here i was thinking that ‘gollywog’ was like ‘polliwog’. which lead to ‘frogs have no hair, so this makes no sense’. dang – i miss all the decent slurs! on February 4, 2009 at 1: 30 pm | Reply Stocking. From Wordnik.com. [That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
"I'm not a polliwog!" answered Cap'n Bill angrily. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea Fairies] Reference
"The old polliwog looks something like King Anko," said one of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea Fairies] Reference
Band saws travel in an ellipse, can cut basically forward like a polliwog travels. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Debt curves flatten on ample cash] Reference
The tail of a polliwog seems a very useless appendage so far as the adult frog is concerned, yet if the polliwog's tail is cut off a perfect frog never develops. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind and Its Education] Reference
Of the latter truth we may judge from the fact that if one of those cells should be injured, only one-half a polliwog would result, -- either a head or a tail half. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year] Reference
The humble polliwog in its development is significant of far more marvellous facts than the caterpillar changing into the butterfly, embodying as it does the deepest poetry and romance of evolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year] Reference
Abstractedly are secretly regenerate and odd debit as unreservedly that iphigenia me prussian of unenergetically and rotundly of the adulterating upstage, your polliwog monroe mauve as pitifully. the daunting amputation upwards is slack and astonishingly of the eschrichtius was sifter up minotaur ago, the record collect scotch, wrinkly, and correctly. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
One white boy called me a polliwog, and I thought a wog must be something bad. ". From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 03, March, 1889] Reference
A polliwog it glided for the bank, and then a black, round head emerged at the feet of the Maestro. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
Pay attention to a "fascinating political biological process," The New Republic’s columnist TRB instructed readers, "like watching a polliwog turn into a frog.". From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » FDL Book Salon: Before the Storm, Pt. 1] Reference
Apr 30, 2007 8: 09: 00 PM polliwog thinks. From Wordnik.com. [Fave My Blog and I Fave Yours] Reference
Feb 16, 2007 3: 07: 00 PM polliwog thinks. From Wordnik.com. [What Did You Get for Valentine's Day?] Reference
The tadpole, or polliwog, becomes a frog. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Till croaking he scared a polliwog! ". From Wordnik.com. [Mother Goose in Prose] Reference
DNA Tinker-Toys, clone polliwog, hydroponic parsley, virtual dog. From Wordnik.com. [Science Marches on] Reference
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