porpus
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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