pull-doon.

Brit.

/ˈpʊlˌduː/, U.S.

/ˈpʊlˌdu/

Forms: 1800s poule d'eau, 1800s– pull-doo, 1900s– pool-doo.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French poule d'eau.

Etymology: < French poule d'eau water hen (1530 in Middle French as poulle deau ) < poule hen (see pull n.²) + de de prep. + eau water (see ewer n.¹).

U.S. regional (southern).

The American coot, Fulica americana.

ΚΠ

1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 245 San Jacinto Bay is a beautiful sheet of water..covered in the winter months with an innumerable host of aquatic birds, from the poor, despised ‘poule d'eau’ to the epicurean ‘Canvas-back’.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Pull-doo, a small black duck found in the bays and inlets of the Gulf of Mexico.

1881 Forest & Stream 1 Dec. 348/1 The bird called ‘mud hen’ at the north, ‘pull doo’ here [on the Mississippi], and ‘Indian hen’ at New Orleans, must be very prolific.

1938 Port Arthur (Texas) News 27 Nov. 10/1 Mallards and other ducks use the pull-doos as scouts.

1995 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 15 Sept. Sports c9 A year-round resident of Central Florida's lake region, the coot has a flock of nicknames: mud hen, pond crow, pull-doo and splatterer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pull-doo
释义	pull-doon. Brit. /ˈpʊlˌduː/, U.S. /ˈpʊlˌdu/ Forms: 1800s poule d'eau, 1800s– pull-doo, 1900s– pool-doo. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French poule d'eau. Etymology: < French poule d'eau water hen (1530 in Middle French as poulle deau ) < poule hen (see pull n.²) + de de prep. + eau water (see ewer n.¹). U.S. regional (southern). The American coot, Fulica americana. ΚΠ 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 245 San Jacinto Bay is a beautiful sheet of water..covered in the winter months with an innumerable host of aquatic birds, from the poor, despised ‘poule d'eau’ to the epicurean ‘Canvas-back’. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Pull-doo, a small black duck found in the bays and inlets of the Gulf of Mexico. 1881 Forest & Stream 1 Dec. 348/1 The bird called ‘mud hen’ at the north, ‘pull doo’ here [on the Mississippi], and ‘Indian hen’ at New Orleans, must be very prolific. 1938 Port Arthur (Texas) News 27 Nov. 10/1 Mallards and other ducks use the pull-doos as scouts. 1995 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 15 Sept. Sports c9 A year-round resident of Central Florida's lake region, the coot has a flock of nicknames: mud hen, pond crow, pull-doo and splatterer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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