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单词 puckerbrush
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puckerbrushn.

Brit. /ˈpʌkəbrʌʃ/, U.S. /ˈpəkərˌbrəʃ/
Forms:

α. 1800s– puckerbrush, 1900s– puckabrush, 1900s– pukkabrush.

β. 1900s– puckerbush.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of unknown origin, brush n.1
Etymology: < a first element of unknown origin (perhaps compare pucker n.1 2, also characteristic of New England) + brush n.1The β. forms show alteration after bush n.1
U.S. regional (chiefly New England).
Dense, tangled undergrowth or scrub consisting of invasive shrubs and small trees; a thicket of this kind. Also: a tract of land covered in dense undergrowth; (hence) a remote, inaccessible, or uncultivated area.Recorded earliest as a modifier.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush
shaw755
thicketa1000
thyvela1000
greavec1050
wood-shawc1275
boscagec1400
greenwood shawc1405
thickc1430
brakec1440
shaw of wood1462
queach1486
bush1523
tuft1555
bushment1587
bocage1644
cripple1675
virgult1736
bluffc1752
thick-set1766
sylvagea1774
thicket-maze1813
bosk1815
woodlet1821
rush1822
puckerbrush1867
1867 Fire Lands Pioneer June 14/1 He has succeeded in making his way..into the midst of what they call the Pigeon Roost, an almost impenetrable swamp and thicket of alders, ‘pucker brush’ willows and larger timber.
1926 Rhodora Apr. 50 Only after hours of discouraging and lonely tussle through pucker-brush did we come together.
1971 W. A. Riviere Backcountry Camping xv. 287 After a week of elbowing tourists and being elbowed by them, I'm usually ready for a lonesome campfire as far back in the puckerbrush as I can go!
2006 L. Breton Criminal Intent ii. 40 I'm stuck all summer in the puckerbrush in this dead little town where I don't know anybody. What am I supposed to do with myself all day?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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