drury

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French druerie, droerie (love, friendship) et al., from dru (friend).

Noun[edit]

drury

  1. (obsolete) Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
  2. (obsolete) A love token or keepsake, a physical object symbolic of a loving relationship.
  3. (obsolete) A beloved person; a sweetheart.
  4. (obsolete) A beloved thing; a treasure.
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:
      It is as derworth a drewery · as dere god hym-seluen.

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