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* Friend of [[Dudley Dursley]] | * Friend of [[Dudley Dursley]] | ||
| + | * Scawny boy with a face like a rat | ||
| + | * Usually the one who holds people's arms behind their backs while Dudley hit them | ||
* Goes to the zoo with the Dursley trio and Harry. | * Goes to the zoo with the Dursley trio and Harry. | ||
| + | ** Gets large chocolate ice cream at the entrance | ||
| + | ** Sees snake reacting to Harry, and calls Dudley and Mr. Dursley over to see the snake. | ||
| + | ** swears that the snake tried to squeeze him to death | ||
| + | ** says ''"Harry was talking to it, weren't you, Harry?"'' | ||
| + | *** Later results in Harry being sent to his cupboard with no meals | ||
Revision as of 16:49, 11 November 2024
Medieval form of Peter. This is the name of the main character in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman [1] by William Langland.
Piers is of Anglo-Saxon heritage and means "rock". It is a variant of Peter, from the Greek for "rock". Polkiss may be a variation of Polk, which itself is a variation of the Scottish names Pogue, Pollack, or Pollock, meaning "from the pool or pit".
- Friend of Dudley Dursley
- Scawny boy with a face like a rat
- Usually the one who holds people's arms behind their backs while Dudley hit them
- Goes to the zoo with the Dursley trio and Harry.
- Gets large chocolate ice cream at the entrance
- Sees snake reacting to Harry, and calls Dudley and Mr. Dursley over to see the snake.
- swears that the snake tried to squeeze him to death
- says "Harry was talking to it, weren't you, Harry?"
- Later results in Harry being sent to his cupboard with no meals
