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pulk

/ pʌlk /

noun

  1. a sledge that is pulled by dogs while a person skis behind to steer and brake
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pulk1

C19: from Finnish pulkka , from Sami pulkke
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Example Sentences

He sat in the window recess cutting at a model of a Laplander's pulk (sledge) which the Sorenskriver had given him.

After this we lost all signs of our way, except the almost obliterated track of his pulk.

My deer became restive, and whirled me around in the snow, filling my pulk.

I got up, shook myself, righted the pulk, and commenced again.

Why, did you ever see a pulk of Cossacks on a forage, Mr Frenche?

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