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Definition of Prial
1. n. A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair,
Definition of Prial
1. a set of three [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prial
Literary usage of Prial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"prial, sl>. three, a trio, ie pair-royal. See prial in ... He closed the door
upon the merry prial of conspira- l865- tors. Besom Ben, c. vi., p. 82. ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"DOUBLE-prial = four of a kind : whence also, of persons and things. [A corruption
of pair-royal : in ... 1608 is seen a step towards prial, whilst in quot. ..."
3. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"See prial in ... He closed the door upon the merry prial of conspira- 5- tors.
Besom Ben, c. vi., p. 82. ..."
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