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▪ I. pursy, a.1 (ˈpɜːsɪ) Also 5 purcy, 6 poursye, porzy, 6–8 pursie, 7 purcie, 7–9 pursey. [Later form of pursif pursive, with the ending -if reduced to -i, -y as in hasty, jolly, tardy, etc.] 1. Short-winded, asthmatic, puffy; = pursive.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 416/2 Purcy, in wynd drawynge, cardiacus. ...
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A Love Song for Bobby Long
The two convince Pursy that her mother left the house to all three of them. Pursy moves in, acting as the most responsible member of the evolving dysfunctional family.
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pursiness
pursiness (ˈpɜːsɪnɪs) [f. pursy a.1 + -ness.] The state or condition of being pursy; short-windedness, breathlessness, dyspnœa.14.. Nominale in Wr.-Wülcker 708/37 (Nomina morborum) Hec sinax, -cis, pursenes. 1483 Cath. Angl. 294/2 A Pursynes, cardia, cardiaca. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 123 Rue..is good...
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Pussy
He gave pursy as a "corrupt orthography" or misspelling of pussy. In the Northern English variant of British English, the dialect form pursy, now rare or obsolete, means "fat" or "short-winded".
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The Invalid Corps
While I was there a host of chaps
For reasons were exempted,
Old "pursy", he was laid aside,
To pass he had attempted.
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pursick
† ˈpursick, a. and n. Obs. [f. pursive with suffix substitution: possibly influenced by sick.] A. adj. Of a horse: = pursive, pursy a.1 1.1610 Markham Masterp. i. xlviii. 99 Of the broken winded or Pursicke Horse. Ibid. ciii. 205 Looke he be not pursicke. B. n. Shortness of wind in a horse; pursines...
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pursive
pursive, a. arch. (ˈpɜːsɪv) Also 5–6 -syf(e, 6 -sife, -cyfe. [a. (?) AF. porsif, app. phonetic var. of OF. polsif, in Cotgr. poulsif, mod.F. poussif (L. type *pulsīv-um), f. OF. polser, F. pousser in sense ‘to breathe with labour or difficulty’:—L. pulsāre to drive or agitate violently, freq. of pel...
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财大气粗 (財大氣麤)的意思 - 成语大全 - 千篇国学
财大气粗,盖起这座青堂瓦舍的大宅院。" 例子 那时他财大气粗,大进大出。张周《步履艰难的中国》第二章. 用法 作谓语、定语;指有钱人。 感情 财大气粗是中性词。 繁体 財大氣麤. 近义 腰缠万贯. 英语 pursy(A heavy purse gives a man courage)
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gorbelly
† ˈgorbelly, n. (and a.) Obs. exc. dial. [? f. gor, gore n.1 (sense 1) + belly. Cf. Sw. dial. går-bälg.] † 1. A protuberant belly. Obs.1519 W. Horman Vulg. 30 He had a fatte necke and a gorbely. 1601 Cornwallyes Ess. ii. xxviii. (1631) 22 As if there had beene no grace but in a gorbelly. 1615 T. Ada...
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财大气粗是什么意思_财大气粗的解释_汉语词典_词典网
财大气粗的解释:[pursy] 因钱财多而胆壮气盛或敢于花费,有贬义他们财大气粗,家当无数,把国家财产,全不当一回事详细解释(1).谓富有财产,气派不凡。 刘绍棠 《小荷才露尖尖角》五:" 花婶子 的这项收入十分可观,在线词典。
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rowy
▪ I. rowy, a.1 (ˈrəʊɪ) [f. row n.1 + -y. Cf. roey.] 1. Of cloth: (see later quots.).1552 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI, c. 6 §40 If any Searcher..find any of the Clothes..cockely, pursy, bandy, squally or rowy. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Rowy, of uneven texture, having some threads stouter than others. 1854 A...
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gundy-gut
† gundy-gut Obs. A fat paunch; pl. a gluttonous, voracious person. (Cf. greediguts.)a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Gundigutts, a fat pursy Fellow. 1712 Arbuthnot John Bull iii. ii, They gave one another nick-names: she called him gundy-guts. 1718 Ozell Tournefort's Voy. I. 156 Bacchus sits quite o' ...
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