Words & TermsPlaces and regional language
polony
A seasoned, cooked luncheon meat sold in a roll and sliced.
In a sentence
We packed polony sandwiches for the drive north.
Where it came from
Polony is Western Australia’s common regional name for the cooked luncheon-meat roll known as Devon or fritz elsewhere. The word has older international sausage senses, but its Australian distribution is distinctive.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Western Australia