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purr

[pur] / pɜr /
NOUN
noise
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They included Craig Purr, a 32-year-old commercial insurance broker, who said that cash was more inconvenient because you usually had to go to an ATM to get hold of it.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2022

In fact, my cat’s full name is Aaron Purr Sir.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2021

“I think the entire seasonal cycle should adapt itself to the climate crisis,” says Saskia Purr, a student at Nottingham Trent University.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2020

Purr is animal number one and is a 9 year old cat, Toto is animal number 2 and is a 1 year old puppy and so on.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

Purr made himself useful keeping mice from the barley and tasting everyone’s cheese.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman




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