Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A simplified spelling of
pull . - noun In physical, a proposed unit for the measurement, in the French system, of the time integral of forces; one dyne acting for one second.
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- noun A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of an Afghan
afghani .
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- noun 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan
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Examples
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All he did was say that he would pul troops out of iraq gadually as the situation allows it and when/if the iraqi government would get its ass in gear and start a functioning government on their own ..
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Such silliness is great for the ratings, but pul-ese!
Amateur Editors Ahoy! p_n_elrod 2009
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This root supposedly comes from Proto-Indo-European * pul - which otherwise has only an obscure Greek cognate transcribed as pylinx and meaning hair on the posterior, and an Old Indian root pula meaning when your hairs standing on end.
Ulster etymology nwhyte 2009
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Sexual sins were addressed loudly and regularly from the pul pits, especially by women preachers, whom we called missionaries.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Sexual sins were addressed loudly and regularly from the pul pits, especially by women preachers, whom we called missionaries.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Χi-m, culsl leprnal, pśl varχ-ti cerine pul alumnaθ, pul hermu huzrna-tre;
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I've abandoned the idea that pul is a relative pronoun declined in the type-II genitive, which should probably have been written *pl if it were so, because it causes too many structural and semantic difficulties in this passage.
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Sexual sins were addressed loudly and regularly from the pul pits, especially by women preachers, whom we called missionaries.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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In the first clause, the preterite verb cerine precedes what may be two nouns, pul and alumnaθ.
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Just when he is about to pul out his pistol a guy comes up to Slater and Micheals with a police file.
Oh Hell Yes - Superbad / Pineapple Express Crossover Movie?! « FirstShowing.net 2008
rolig commented on the word pul
an afghani penny!
April 30, 2008