Definition of "pries" []

• Third person singular present tense of pry1. (verb)
• Plural of pry1. (noun)
• Third person singular present tense of pry2. (verb)
• Plural of pry2. (noun)

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• "Frau Ballin pries Christiane from my arms, which have closed around her like granite."
• "M 'babee, dey take it away, d' pries 'he sing -- sing an' wave candle an 'bury it in snow."
• "CORINNA'S GOING .... "pries" corrected to _priest_."