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pirries

pirries is the plural of pirrie.

Meaning of pirrie

Noun

pirrie (plural pirries)

  1. (obsolete) A strong gale.
    • A pirrie came, and set my ship on sands.1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

Questions about pirries

What is pirries the plural of?
Pirries is the plural of pirrie.

Words near pirries in the dictionary

  1. pirquinozol
  2. pirquitasite
  3. Pirrello
  4. Pirrellos
  5. pirrie
  6. pirries
  7. Pirron Yallock
  8. Pirrone
  9. Pirrones
  10. pirry
  11. pirs

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