poll parrotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

poll parrot (複数形 poll parrots)

1. (dated) A tame parrot.
   • 2015, Richard M. Dorson, American Negro Folktales (page 121)

     Old Marster had a poll parrot, and this poll parrot would watch Jim and tell his Marster what Jim would do.

2. (archaic, slang) A talkative, gossiping woman.
   • 1902, Country Life (volume 11, page 636)

     It was on the tip of her tongue to call her a poll parrot (Mrs. Kingdom had said nothing but 'dear me' repeatedly かつ freezingly). She was a free-spoken woman as a rule, and it was terrible to have to sit still and waste all the good things she could have said to her […]