pursy

• The generous living of Dawson had made him pursy, almost porcine. —  The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
• He was a little, pursy, pompous, passionate, semi-circular somebody, with a red nose, a thick skull, a long purse, and a strong sense of his own consequence. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
• I fully believed that my poor foster-brother was dead Scarcely a minute had elapsed before two persons rushed into the room; one short and pursy, the other tall and gaunt, both panting as if they had run a race I have come at your summons, sir!" —  Paddy Finn
• The exceedingly subtle and plausible process by which he arrived at the exact year in which they crossed, and determined that the emigrants were of two different tribes--again, that the chief was tall and lean, his wife short, pursy, and thick-breathed, proved the value of trifling circumstances to the creation of beautiful theories, and with what wonderful ingenuity philosophic minds apply themselves to subjects capable of being theorised. —  Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)
• It sees you a portly, pursy, foolish Undine struggling awkwardly from out a cyclopean vat of beer. —  Europe After 8:15

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