Polly want a cracker

phrase

Etymology

Unknown, first attested in The John-Donkey (July 29, 1848, page 47), popularized by the National Biscuit Company with the slogan Polly wants a cracker?

Definitions

  1. A line stereotypically repeated by parrots that have been trained to talk.

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