porpus
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]porpus (plural porpuses)
- Obsolete spelling of porpoise.
- 1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “Dialogue III”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738, →OCLC, page 194:
- […] he's as fat as a Porpus […]
References
[edit]- “porpus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]porpus
- Alternative form of porpeys