purlern.

Brit.

/ˈpəːlə/, U.S.

/ˈpərlər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purl n.⁵, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < purl n.⁵ + -er suffix¹. Compare slightly later purl v.⁵ With sense 2 compare earlier pearler n.²

colloquial.

1. A throw or blow that hurls a person or animal head first; a heavy fall, a ‘cropper’. Also figurative: a sudden dramatic misfortune or failure. Cf. purl n.⁵ to come (also go) a purler: to fall heavily head first; (figurative) to suffer sudden misfortune or failure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow > a knock-down blow

recumbentibusc1425

knocker1674

knock-down1809

sockdolager1830

purler1850

grounder1889

1850 ‘H. Hieover’ Pract. Horsemanship 53 Water drains..are quite deep enough to give him and his rider a regular ‘purler’.

1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home ix Swung his gun round, and fetched him a purler on the back of his head.

1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 378 You were lucky if..you escaped the purler that stopped [his]..forward career.

1908 Daily Mirror 21 Sept. 14 Denny came a purler on to the [cycle] track.

1915 Musical Times 56 599/1 One G is surely as good as another, so why go a purler over the top of the confounded five-barred gate when you can get through the hedge an octave lower?

1929 J. Masefield Hawbucks 209 You seemed to go a fearful purler.

1951 N.Z. Truth 17 Sept. 48 The police seemed to have come a purler in trying to invoke the aid of doctors in tracing pregnant women.

1962 Spectator 23 Nov. 830/3 Trevelyan's Indian career ended in a magnificent purler.

1992 W. Stewart Hole in One iii.22 C. Withers..came a purler over a case of canned spaghetti.

2. Originally and chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Something of surpassing excellence or quality; a ‘knockout’. Cf. pearler n.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun] > thing

purler1937

1937 L. Mann Murder in Sydney i. 16 A few..swam out afar,..waiting for that occasional especially big purler which would bear them..to the safety of the infested sands.

1966 New Statesman 7 Oct. 530/2 Bobby Charlton draws a couple of men and shoots that purler from 30 yards.

2002 Christchurch (N.Z.) Press (Nexis) 9 Aug. ii Reader Joanne Crichton has thrown up a purler in our search for the best example of corporate speak.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	purler
释义	purlern. Brit. /ˈpəːlə/, U.S. /ˈpərlər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purl n.⁵, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < purl n.⁵ + -er suffix¹. Compare slightly later purl v.⁵ With sense 2 compare earlier pearler n.² colloquial. 1. A throw or blow that hurls a person or animal head first; a heavy fall, a ‘cropper’. Also figurative: a sudden dramatic misfortune or failure. Cf. purl n.⁵ to come (also go) a purler: to fall heavily head first; (figurative) to suffer sudden misfortune or failure. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow > a knock-down blow recumbentibusc1425 knocker1674 knock-down1809 sockdolager1830 purler1850 grounder1889 1850 ‘H. Hieover’ Pract. Horsemanship 53 Water drains..are quite deep enough to give him and his rider a regular ‘purler’. 1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home ix Swung his gun round, and fetched him a purler on the back of his head. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 378 You were lucky if..you escaped the purler that stopped [his]..forward career. 1908 Daily Mirror 21 Sept. 14 Denny came a purler on to the [cycle] track. 1915 Musical Times 56 599/1 One G is surely as good as another, so why go a purler over the top of the confounded five-barred gate when you can get through the hedge an octave lower? 1929 J. Masefield Hawbucks 209 You seemed to go a fearful purler. 1951 N.Z. Truth 17 Sept. 48 The police seemed to have come a purler in trying to invoke the aid of doctors in tracing pregnant women. 1962 Spectator 23 Nov. 830/3 Trevelyan's Indian career ended in a magnificent purler. 1992 W. Stewart Hole in One iii.22 C. Withers..came a purler over a case of canned spaghetti. 2. Originally and chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Something of surpassing excellence or quality; a ‘knockout’. Cf. pearler n.² ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun] > thing purler1937 1937 L. Mann Murder in Sydney i. 16 A few..swam out afar,..waiting for that occasional especially big purler which would bear them..to the safety of the infested sands. 1966 New Statesman 7 Oct. 530/2 Bobby Charlton draws a couple of men and shoots that purler from 30 yards. 2002 Christchurch (N.Z.) Press (Nexis) 9 Aug. ii Reader Joanne Crichton has thrown up a purler in our search for the best example of corporate speak. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1850
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