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One white boy called me a polliwog, and I thought a wog must be something bad RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1889 MAINE.

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From beneath the caribao's rotund belly, below the surface, an indistinct form shot out; cleaving the water like a polliwog it glided for the bank, and then a black, round head emerged at the feet of the Maestro All right, bub; we'll go to school now," said the latter, nodding to the dripping figure as it rose before him He lifted the sullen brownie and straddled him forward of the saddle, then proceeded to mount himself, when the Capture began to display marked agitation. — Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
One white boy called me a polliwog, and I thought a wog must be something bad RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1889 MAINE. — The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 03, March, 1889
"The old polliwog looks something like King Anko," said one of them. — The Sea Fairies
"I'm not a polliwog!" answered Cap'n Bill angrily. — The Sea Fairies
The tadpole, or polliwog, becomes a frog. — Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition