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puh-leeze
/ ˌpəˈliːz /
interjection
a humorous spelling of the emphatic pronunciation of please , suggesting the speaker's exasperation
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Bad idea: Sending a joke to which the Empress says “Puh-leeze!”
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Puh-leeze stop calling it the “spending” bill.
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Unless your child is an avowed penny pincher who has never begged, “Will you buy me this? Please? Puh-leeze?” leave the kids at home.
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Unless your child is an avowed penny pincher who has never begged, “Will you buy me this? Please? Puh-leeze?” leave the kids at home, Erickson says.
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She says, “Well? Can you open it? Puh-leeze?”
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