Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of Prussia: erroneously defined as “Prussian leather” by Johnson and Ash.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Prussian leather.

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  • noun obsolete Prussian leather

Etymologies

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Compare French Prusse.

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Examples

  • "Dozen battle of pruce!" groaned the old woman -- "who shall pay me?"

    Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

  • The GHV-DV24SD camcorder from Green House is expected to have a pruce tag of around 81 euros if and when it arrives in Europe.

    Pocket-lint.com 2008

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