English

Noun

pollywog ‎(plural pollywogs)

1. A polliwog.
2. (sailing slang) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
3. (New Zealand, slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent (Poly + wog).

References

• pollywog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913