porriwiggle

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noun

A tadpole.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounporriwiggle (plural porriwiggles)

plural porriwiggles

  1. dialectalA tadpole.

    She went into a peal of laughter. ‘Oh, what is it? Porriwiggle?’ ¶ He grinned. ‘It's what we call a tadpole.’

    1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 6, in The Unknown Ajax

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