pussough

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Etymology

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From Middle English pursyf, from Anglo-Norman porsif, from Old French poussif.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pussough

  1. thick, plump
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      A pussough mydhe; Pussough caake.
      A plump girl; A large loaf.

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  • 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