Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A corruption of purslane. Also written
pusley .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
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Examples
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The pesky things eat everything from pussly to leaves.
McClure's Magazine December, 1895 Ida M. Tarbell 1900
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Finally he allowed that if he had some money he'd go West 'n take up some land,' n git along like pussly 'n a flower gard'n.
The Christmas Story from David Harum Edward Noyes Westcott 1872
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I hain't one to go halves in any thing, and I was meaner to him than pussly; but you'll see what I'll do.
Tracy Park Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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