purp
n.— «“Wher’s y’r master, purp?”…The hount lifted his nose and howled dolefully.» —“The Sign of the Prophet” by James Ball Naylor Nebraska State Journal Feb. 16, 1902. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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