Meaning of pollyfox | Babel Free

Definitions

To equivocate; to dodge the issue.

dialectal, obsolete

Examples

“Considerable time was taken up in skirmishing and pollyfoxing to secure the advantage in the start⟳.”

“[…]whose patience had been worn out by the swiftly-lengthening roll of crime and the pollyfoxing of courts.”

“That signifies nothing. There is more pollyfoxing and more attempt⟳ to evade the question⟳.”

“The present⟳ congress has had ample time and opportunity to do everything that should have⟳ been done, and it has chosen to dally and "pollyfox" with public questions in view⟳ of the dangerous records that might be made for the coming presidential campaign.”

“We ain't got no time to polly-fox; we gotter dig⟳!”

“Judge⟳ Stewart calls the lawyers down when they pollyfox in a case.”

“[…]candidates who had hoped to gum shoe, soft pedal, side-step, pussy foot, and polly fox their way to the presidential chair.”

“The bank had for its President a shrewd old polly-foxing politician who had financed too many statesmen in Kansas”

“Glumly, Albert sat down on a bench near the soap kettle and waited for Abe to quit⟳ polly-foxing around with the ladies.”

“[…]Ickes maintained that Texaco was 'pollyfoxing' him while lobbying behind the scenes[…]”

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