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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pulpela, interj. A sailors' cry, of obscure derivation and precise meaning, when hauling. —1549 Compl. 40/35.
Than ane of the marynalis began to hail and to cry, and al the marynalis ansuert of that samyn sound, hou hou, pulpela pulpela
