purp
n.— «My purp came to the truck, sniffin’ the air and without a tail-wag or a wistful look at me.» —“There Are Times When a Man Is a Dog’s Worst Friend” by Fred Bowles Gazette and Bulletin (Williamsport, Pa.) Mar. 22, 1955. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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