pruner

Variant of prune

noun

  1. a plum dried for eating
  2. any of various varieties of plum that can be dried without spoiling
  3. Slang a dull or otherwise unpleasant person

Origin: ME < MFr < VL pruna < L prunum < Gr proumnon, plum

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