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purler colloq.|ˈpɜːlə(r)|
[f. purl v.4 + -er1.]
1. A throw or blow that hurls any one head-foremost; a knock-down blow; cf. purl n.4 Also fig.
1867‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. iii. 47 In front of that Stand was an artificial bullfinch which promised to treat most of the field to a ‘purler’. 1869E. Farmer Scrap Bk. (ed. 6) 77 A ‘purler’ went Maxwell. 1878Jefferies Gamekeeper at H. ix, Swung his gun round, and fetched him a purler on the back of his head. 1883E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leicestersh. 378 You were lucky if..you escaped the purler that stopped [his]..forward career. a1903H. S. Merriman Tomaso's Fortune, etc. (1904) 154 It was precisely the attitude of one who has had a purler at football. 1921H. G. Ponting Gt. White South 282 All went well till..on a very slippery surface I came an awful ‘purler’ on my shoulder. 1929J. Masefield Hawbucks 209 You seemed to go a fearful purler. 1962Spectator 23 Nov. 830/3 Trevelyan's Indian career ended in a magnificent purler. 1976Church Times 2 July 7/3 This is not just a..catalogue of classic military purlers (the Crimea, Kut, Cambrai, Singapore, Arnhem, etc.). 1976Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 6/2 Even Up went a real purler at the last fence on the far side.
2. Also pearler. Something of surpassing excellence; a ‘beauty’. orig. N.Z. and Austral. slang.
1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 57 Purl, purler, something excellent, outstandingly good. 1941― N.Z. Slang vi. 51 Expressions..in constant use by our youngsters..swinjer pearler stunner snorter. 1965Telegraph (Brisbane) 5 July 8 Ripsnorter (or pearler, bosker, boshter). 1966New Statesman 7 Oct. 530/2 Bobby Charlton draws a couple of men and shoots that purler from 30 yards. 1973Listener 8 Mar. 309/3, I hope the next goal he scores is an absolute purler. 1980L. Mantell A Murder or Three iii. 45 Never thought he'd ever get round to having any [children], then they produce a purler like that..a real little darling. 1980Weekend Australian 16 Aug. 13 Flo's 35-minute speech was a pearler. |