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To go out in the poll. To take an ordinary degree—a degree without university “honours.” (Greek, hoi polloi, the many.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Polack
Polarisation of Light
Poleas
Poles
Polichinelle
Polinesso (in Orlando Furioso)
Polish off
Political Economy
Polixene
Polixenes
Poll
Poll Degree
Poll Men
Pollentē
Pollio
Pollux
Polly
Polonius
Polony
Polt-foot
Poltron