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purlers

purlers is the plural of purler.

Meaning of purler

Noun (1)

purler (plural purlers)

  1. (UK, colloquial) A headlong fall or tumble.
    • He came a purler on the icy path.
  2. (UK, colloquial) A knockdown blow; a blow that causes a person to fall headlong.
    • [The horse] falling with a mighty crash, gave him a purler on the opposite side, and was within an ace of striking him dead with his hoof in frantic struggles to recover.1867, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], “The End of a Ringing Run”, in Under Two Flags: A Story of the Household and the Desert. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 119
    Synonyms:
    king hit

Noun (2)

purler (plural purlers)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) Something extremely good.
    • The greatest game ever played is the one marketed with that tag by Australian Football Video: the 1989 round 6 match at Prince's Park between Hawthorn and Geelong, an awesome display of the skills of the game. It is doubtful whether two such great sides had ever graced a single season as the Hawks...2000 May 12, peter.ryan, “Top3 best games of all time”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules (Usenet)

Questions about purlers

What is purlers the plural of?
Purlers is the plural of purler.

Words near purlers in the dictionary

  1. purl
  2. purle
  3. purled
  4. Purleigh
  5. purler
  6. purlers
  7. purles
  8. purlew
  9. Purlewaugh
  10. purlews
  11. Purley

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