purler
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Is purler a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (UK, colloquial) A headlong fall or tumble.Examples: "He came a purler on the icy path."; "1869, “Stonehenge” (editor), The Coursing Calendar for the Autumn Season 1868, Containing Returns of All the Public Courses Run in Great Britain snd Ireland, page 172, Dilston and Savernake: the latter led, and turned, but in trying to kill came down a purler, which completely knocked all the go out of him; Dilston took possession of the hare, and kept it, winning the course in hollow style."; "Her French-speaking table in the dining-room is a riot of second-rate behaviour and dexterously aimed bread-pellets; the stairs outside her bedroom are relentlessly buttered and she comes purler after purler."UKcolloquial
2. (UK, colloquial) A knockdown blow; a blow that causes a person to fall headlong.Examples: "[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."Synonyms: king hitUKcolloquial
noun (English)
1. (Australia, colloquial) Something extremely good.Examples: "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 and the Cats did in 1989. The return match in September was a bit of a purler too, as I recall."; "And just when I had a slight thought that there could be a "Lets be nice to George Week" And you come along with that purler."Australiacolloquial
Definition source: Wiktionary