Pollock
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Related to Polk.
Pronunciation[edit]
As the noun pollock.
Proper noun[edit]
Pollock (countable and uncountable, plural Pollocks)
- A surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
- A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
- A village in Sullivan County, Missouri.
- A town in Campbell County, South Dakota.
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
Pollock (plural Pollocks)
- A painting by Jackson Pollock.
Etymology 2[edit]
See Polack.
Pronunciation[edit]
As Polack.
Noun[edit]
Pollock (plural Pollocks)
- Alternative spelling of Polack
- 1993 January 15, “Krzyzewski's plea couldn't sway Presidents Commission”, in The Advocate:
- "Maybe I'm a dumb Pollock. Is that too simple?" Krzyzewski's arguments were well-founded.
- 2003, Richard Medugno, Bigger Dreams: A Two Act Play about Deaf Politician Gary Malkowski, 1st Books Library, →ISBN, page 13:
- YOUNG GARY (Voicing) Shut up, you dumb Pollock!
- BOB is struck dumb. He just stares at YOUNG GARY.
- a. 2004, “Bridget” (student), quoted in Karyn D. McKinney, Being White: Stories of Race and Racism, Routledge (2005), →ISBN, page 122:
- Also, when people tell dumb Pollock jokes, I never get uptight or angry with the person for telling it.
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