pirlie
/ˈpəːli/Scottish
noun
In full pirlie pig. A piggy bank.
Origin
Late 18th century. Probably from Older Scots pyrl to thrust or poke at + -y. In the compound pirlie pig the second element is pig adjective; in Older Scots pirrel pig occurs in the same sense; the compound thus probably originally alluded to poking or prodding coins out of a pot.
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- scene-setter
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- scene-shifter
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- scenes-of-crime
- scene-steal
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