Definition of Furphies

1. Noun. (plural of furphy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Furphies

1. furphy [n] - See also: furphy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furphies

furols
furongite
furor
furor epilepticus
furore
furores
furors
furosemide
furosemides
furoshiki
furosine
furostanol glycoside 26-O-beta-glucosidase
furour
furoxan
furoxans
furphies (current term)
furphy
furr
furred
furred tongue
furrier
furrier's
furrieries
furriers
furriery
furries
furriest
furrily
furrin
furriner

Literary usage of Furphies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. "Over There" with the Australians by R. Hugh Knyvett (1918)
"One morning the camp was all agog and the air thick with "furphies." We were ordered to get ready for embarkation, and speculation was rife as to our ..."

2. Letters from France by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1917)
"After all, these ' furphies ' make life worth living in the trenches," as one of our men said to me the other day. All the Germans, in a certain part of the ..."

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