Up-pulled

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pulled up. not-comparable

    "[…] Mr. Lawson turned to refasten an up-pulled tent-peg, and to get a cord, and when he turned round again, the mulatto was gone."

  2. 2
    Uprooted. not-comparable

    "A sympathetic youngster two or three years her senior thereupon came over, and, after persuading her to stop crying, showed her how to bury the roots of the up-pulled sprouts so that they would continue in their growth."

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"[…] Mr. Lawson turned to refasten an up-pulled tent-peg, and to get a cord, and when he turned round again, the mulatto was gone."

Etymology

From Middle English uppuld, equivalent to up- + pulled.

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