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Puling

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pule  (pyl)
intr.v. puled, pul·ing, pules
To whine; whimper.

[Perhaps from French piauler, of imitative origin.]

puler n.


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He laughed gaily, showing his even teeth, and puling his cap over the thin place, went out and got into his carriage.
His first experiences in the world as a puling puppy, had taught him that Biddy, his mother, and his father Terrence, hated niggers.
"He will sow his wild oats," she would say, "and is worth far more than that puling hypocrite of a brother of his.
 
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