pussough
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English pursyf, from Anglo-Norman porsif, from Old French poussif.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pussough
- thick, plump
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- A pussough mydhe; Pussough caake.
- A plump girl; A large loaf.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 63