pollyfox

== English == === Alternative forms === polly-fox === Etymology === Attested since 1860s. Unknown etymology - a column in a 1921 issue of The Weekly Review speculated it might be an eponym. === Verb === pollyfox (third-person singular simple present pollyfoxes, present participle pollyfoxing, simple past and past participle pollyfoxed) (dialect, obsolete) To equivocate; to dodge the issue. Synonym: pussyfoot === References ===