Home › Words › P › pollyfoxpollyfoxpollyfox means to equivocate; to dodge the issue.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pollyfox ranks #2,710 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyAttested since 1860s. Unknown etymology - a column in a 1921 issue of The Weekly Review speculated it might be an eponym.verbTo equivocate; to dodge the issue.e.g.“Considerable time was taken up in skirmishing and pollyfoxing to secure the advantage in the start.” — 1866 January 20, New York Clipper 1866-01-20: Vol 13 Iss 41:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).