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- noun Plural form of
purfle .
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Examples
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He's wearing you know, eucalyptus leaves for -- that's what makes his pants and -- I know of Jefferson, the little purfles, that's a lyken (ph) and he's actually wearing a robe of sycamore bark that, I know, came from a tree in the front yard.
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Haven't I made bargains and ventures when thou hast been idling in hall and bower with love-ditties and ladies 'purfles? "
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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