Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Poultry.

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

  • noun obsolete Poultry.

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  • noun obsolete poultry

Etymologies

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Compare Latin pullinus ("belonging to young animals"). See pullet.

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Examples

  • I dosent know wedder he beez sirius or beez pullen mah leg.

    catfish - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • October 3, 2008 at 3:28 pm stop pullen mi teil. i gotz two hav mazssages

    Monorail Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • I figgered everthing ud be all right when old Dock come home jist as I was pullen in with th truck.

    The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954

  • Eng. pullen, poultry; but his early examples, le pulein, polayn, etc., are of course Fr. Poulain, i.e. Colt.

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

  • It was for that the things that he stole were small; to rob orchards, and gardens, and to steal pullen, and the like, these he counted tricks of youth, nor would he be beat out of it by all that his friends could say.

    Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658

  • He took at last great pleasure in robbing of gardens and orchards; and as he grew up, to steal pullen [13] from the neighbourhood.

    Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658

  • God it was horrible. i could almost see the line pullen them forward as they ran! the movie was great overall. some disapoint here and there ...

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • God it was horrible. i could almost see the line pullen them forward as they ran! the movie was great overall. some disapoint here and there ...

    EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines 2008

  • God it was horrible. i could almost see the line pullen them forward as they ran! the movie was great overall. some disapoint here and there ...

    EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines 2008

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    PLEASE give me a break... just a little one barbylon 2003

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