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pollie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From politician + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Meanings

1. (Australia, informal) A politician.
   • 2009, Laurie Oakes, Power Plays: The Real Stories of Australian Politics, 2011, Read How You Want, page iii, And I blamed media training, which resulted in mantra politics. (‘Ignore the questions,’ the pollies are told. ‘Keep repeating the message.’)
   • On another surveillance flight I accompanied a prominent pollie of the day, a big, bluff, ruddy-faced Minister. 2009, David Daniel, Rough as Guts, page 177:
   • I think politics attracts a particular type of person – and I don′t think I′m one of those. The pollies certainly need to be very dedicated and to be prepared to invest huge amounts of their time. 2006, Shane Webcke, Ian Heads, Warhorse, page 99:

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Deriveds

pollyspeak