purk

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• Rhymes: -urk

purk (genitive purgi, partitive purki)

1. a can

purk m (definite singular purken, indefinite plural purker, definite plural purkene)

1. (colloquial) cop, police officer

   Pass deg så du ikke blir stoppet av purken.

   Watch out so you don't get stopped by the cops.

• “purk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “purk_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).