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61pry — see PRIZE …
62pry — 1. v.intr. (pries, pried) 1 (usu. foll. by into) inquire impertinently (into a person s private affairs etc.). 2 (usu. foll. by into, about, etc.) look or peer inquisitively. Derivatives: prying adj. pryingly adv. Etymology: ME prie, of unkn.… …
63pry loose from — Synonyms and related words: badger, blackmail, exact, extort, force from, levy blackmail, rend, rend from, rip, rip from, screw, shake down, snatch from, squeeze, tear from, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring, wring from …
64pry out — Synonyms and related words: cross examine, cross interrogate, cross question, dig out, extract information, ferret out, fish out, go over, grill, grub up, hunt out, inquisition, make inquisition, roast, root out, scout out, search out, spy out,… …
65pry loose — remove (from under a heavy object), extricate …
66pry-pole — …
67Paul Pry (play) — Infobox Play name = Paul Pry image size = caption = writer = John Poole chorus = characters = Paul Pry mute = setting = date of premiere = 1825 country of Origin = England original language = English series = subject = genre = Farce Paul Pry… …
68Paul Pry — may refer to:* Paul Pry (play) , 1825 English play * Paul Pry (1831 1836), newspaper published by Anne Royall * The Adventures of Paul Pry , nine stories by author Erle Stanley Gardner * William Heath s artist pseudonym …
69Polly Pry — Mrs. Leonel Campbell Ross O Bryan (1857 1938), under the pen name Polly Pry, was a controversial reporter for the Denver Post and later as a freelancer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She is best remembered for her… …
70paul pry — ˈpȯlˈprī noun (plural paul prys) Usage: usually capitalized both Ps Etymology: after Paul Pry meddlesome hero of the comedy Paul Pry (1825) by John Poole died 1872 English playwright : an excessively inquisitive person we don t want any Paul… …
