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purey

purey noun: a marble, of the sort used in playing marbles, that is one solid color through and through.

Noun

purey (plural pureys)

  1. A marble, of the sort used in playing marbles, that is one solid color through and through.
    • […] an unclouded blue marble (known to marble shooters, at least in the twenties, as a "purey"), […]1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 76

Forms of purey

pluralpureys

Origin of purey

From pure + -y.

Questions about purey

What does purey mean?
Purey means a marble, of the sort used in playing marbles, that is one solid color through and through.
What part of speech is purey?
Purey is a noun.
What is the plural of purey?
The plural of purey is pureys.

Words near purey in the dictionary

  1. Puretic power block
  2. Puretic power blocks
  3. Purewal
  4. Purewals
  5. Purex
  6. purey
  7. pureys
  8. purfalcamine
  9. purfile
  10. purfiles
  11. purfle

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