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English
Etymology
From Middle English poleyn, from Old French polain (modern French poulain), from Late Latin pullāmen; compare pullet.
Noun
pullen (uncountable)
- (obsolete) domestic fowl; poultry
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
- The palsie plagues my pulses
when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen
your culuers take, or matchles make
your Chanticleare or sullen
- (obsolete) the meat from a domestic fowl
- (obsolete) the young of a bird, or, figuratively, human children
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
pullen
- plural of pul