Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as pulvil.

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Examples

  • Having well-nigh stifled his countryman with embraces, and besmeared himself with pulville from head to foot, he proceeded in this manner,

    The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 01 Tobias George Smollett 1746

  • Having well-nigh stifled his countryman with embraces, and besmeared himself with pulville from head to foot, he proceeded in this manner,

    The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete Tobias George Smollett 1746

  • Having well-nigh stifled his countryman with embraces, and besmeared himself with pulville from head to foot, he proceeded in this manner, “Mercy upon thee, knight, thou art so transmographied, and bedaubed, and bedizened, that thou mought rob thy own mother without fear of information.

    The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 2004

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