See Poll on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1833 The Pilgrim Brothers [signed Timotheus Scribewell], Romances of Chivalric Ages, H. Cope, page iv",
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"A common pet name for a parrot."
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"A disreputable woman."
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"etymology_text": "From Paul.",
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