http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/polikens/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/polikens/comment-page-1/#comment-4078 admin Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:43 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2481#comment-4078 And it seems entirely possible that you're right. It certainly does fit the sense of "polikens." I doubt that we'll ever be able to prove it's the source, but it really strikes me as likely. And it seems entirely possible that you’re right. It certainly does fit the sense of “polikens.” I doubt that we’ll ever be able to prove it’s the source, but it really strikes me as likely.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/polikens/comment-page-1/#comment-4073 Simon Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:19:36 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2481#comment-4073 It seems likely to me that this is a corruption of "pot lickings", used to refer to the small bits of food left over after preparation or serving of a dish. In other words, the stuff you feed the dog. It fits that same sense of salvaging something otherwise discarded. It seems likely to me that this is a corruption of “pot lickings”, used to refer to the small bits of food left over after preparation or serving of a dish. In other words, the stuff you feed the dog. It fits that same sense of salvaging something otherwise discarded.

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