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pirry

pirry is the alternative form 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

Forms of pirry

pluralpirries

Questions about pirry

What is pirry the alternative form of?
Pirry is the alternative form of pirrie.

Words near pirry in the dictionary

  1. pirrie
  2. pirries
  3. Pirron Yallock
  4. Pirrone
  5. Pirrones
  6. pirry
  7. pirs
  8. Pirsig
  9. Pirsson
  10. pirssonite
  11. pirsumei nisa

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