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Search phrase: pur

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW V.ii.19	Here is a pur of Fortune's, sir, or of Fortune's cat, but	Heere is a purre of Fortunes sir, or of Fortunes Cat, but
King Lear	KL III.vi.45	Pur, the cat is grey.

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Glossary

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pur	[debated meaning] knave in a type of card game [post and pair]

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Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
PUR	BASIC	pur n

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exit pursued by a bear speech

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