Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
Prussia : erroneously defined as “Prussian leather” by Johnson and Ash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Prussian leather.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
Prussian leather
Etymologies
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Compare French Prusse.
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Examples
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"Dozen battle of pruce!" groaned the old woman -- "who shall pay me?"
Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812
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The GHV-DV24SD camcorder from Green House is expected to have a pruce tag of around 81 euros if and when it arrives in Europe.
Pocket-lint.com 2008
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