Polone is a word from Palare (I think) the sort of romany dialect that was used in the superbly funny Round The Horne comedy show on BBC radio in the sixties by Julian and Sandy, the two outrageous gays (played brilliantly by Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick)who used to deliver some amazing double entendres that seemed to be totally unnoticed by the powers that be at the beeb. The Palare words like omi-poloni ("man-woman" or homosexual)used to disguise the script, but the audience all cottoned on really quickly. Cheers Ray