pryer

/ (ˈpraɪə) /

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noun

a variant spelling of prier

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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Words nearby pryer

pruta, prutah, PRW, pry, Pryderi, pryer, prying, Prynne, Prypyat', prytaneum, prythee

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How to use pryer in a sentence

If I see a listener or a pryer in at the chinks or lockhole, I am presently on the bones of him.
Kenilworth|Sir Walter Scott
Ernest broached this to Pryer, who treated it as something too outrageous to be even thought of.
The Way of All Flesh|Samuel Butler
I may say here that neither I nor Ernest ever heard of Pryer again, nor have any idea what became of him.
The Way of All Flesh|Samuel Butler
So I wrote to say that Pryer had absconded, and that he could have £100 from his father when he came out of prison.
The Way of All Flesh|Samuel Butler

But he must certainly explain to Pryer that the Wesleyans had a system of Church discipline.
The Way of All Flesh|Samuel Butler

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