porriwiggle en · NOUN
Meanings
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(dialectal) A 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| porriwiggles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |