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Polony
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- 1 Polish (especially of shoes). historical, not-comparable, obsolete
"In Costume in the Drama of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries, M. Channing Linthicum cites two allusions to Polonian, Polonia, or Polony shoes, or to their high heels, in 1611, and two more in 1617 and 1618."
- 1 A kind of sausage made of meat that has been only partly cooked.
"A dreadful day it was for young Dobbin when one of the youngsters of the school, having run into the town upon a poaching excursion for hardbake and polonies, espied the cart of Dobbin & Rudge, Grocers and Oilmen, Thames Street, London, at the Doctor's door, discharging a cargo of the wares in which the firm dealt."
- 2 Alternative form of palone. alt-of, alternative
"“What about that polony he was with?” ¶ “She doesn't matter”, the Boy said, “She's just a buer—he gave her a half. I saw him hand it out.”"
- 3 A cluster of polymers produced by clonal amplification of DNA.
"Fluorescent in situ sequencing (FISSEQ) or beadbased polony sequencing FISSEQ involves localized amplification of single DNA molecules, using an acrylarnide gel, thus creating colonies of PCR product that are called polonies."
- 4 another name for Bologna sausage wordnet
Etymology
A corruption of bologna.
Variant form of Polari palone.
Blend of polymerase + colony.
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