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purler
English
Etymology 1
From purl (“a fall”).
Noun
purler (plural purlers)
- (Britain, colloquial) A headlong fall or tumble.
- He came a purler on the icy path.
- 1869, “Stonehenge” (editor), The Coursing Calendar for the Autumn Season 1868, Containing Returns of All the Public Courses Run in Great Britain snd Ireland, page 172,
- Dilston and Savernake: the latter led, and turned, but in trying to kill came down a purler, which completely knocked all the go out of him; Dilston took possession of the hare, and kept it, winning the course in hollow style.
- 1954, British Broadcasting Corporation, The Listener, Volume 51, page 67,
- Her French-speaking table in the dining-room is a riot of second-rate behaviour and dexterously aimed bread-pellets; the stairs outside her bedroom are relentlessly buttered and she comes purler after purler.
- 1986, Judith Saxton (Katie Flynn), Family Feeling, 2012, unnumbered page,
- Yet he was very sure that he had tripped and gone a purler just as he was leaving the Other Place . . . had that made him gash his forehead, once he was back in the pit?
- 2003, Susan Hill, The Boy Who Taught The Beekeeper To Read, The Boy Who Taught The Beekeeper To Read: And Other Stories, 2011, unnumbered page,
- ‘You could hold the ladder,’ Mart said, ‘see I don?t come a purler.’
- (Britain, colloquial) A knockdown blow; a blow that causes a person to fall headlong.
- 1867, Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé), Under Two Flags, 2006, page 60,
- […] but, falling with a mighty crash, gave him a purler on the opposite side, and was within an inch of striking him dead with his hoof in frantic struggles to recover.
- 1867, Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé), Under Two Flags, 2006, page 60,
Synonyms
- (headlong fall or tumble):
- (incapacitating blow): king hit (Australian)
See also
- come a cropper
Etymology 2
Uncertain.
Alternative forms
- pearler
Pronunciation
Noun
purler (plural purlers)
- (Australia, colloquial) Something extremely good.
Anagrams
- purrel
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purled
English
Verb
purled
- simple past tense and past participle of purl
Anagrams
- Dupler, drupel
purled From the web:
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