polony

/ pəˈləʊnɪ /

noun

1. another name for bologna sausage

Word History and Origins

Origin of polony¹

C16: perhaps from Bologna

Example Sentences

The highly processed meat, locally called “polony,” is known for its fluorescent artificial color.

From New York Times

The government identified the cold meat polony as the source of the listeria poisoning - but advised consumers to avoid all ready-to-eat processed meat.

From BBC

Mr Motsoaledi said a ready-to-eat sausage known as polony, made by Enterprise Food and RCL Foods, would be recalled from stores.

From BBC

Tripe and cowheel are regarded as dainties, and there is the whole range of mysterious English preparations of questionable meat, from sausage and polonies to saveloys and cheap pies.

From Project Gutenberg

Here, whilst I left the little girl innocently eating a polony in the front shop, I and Boroughbridge retired with the boy into the back parlour, where Mrs. Boroughbridge was playing cribbage.

From Project Gutenberg