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' Since ukuleles often provide music for dancing, the association might be from the dancers' flea-like movements, or there could be a connection with Edward Purvis, a British military officer who popularized the instrument in Hawaii.
A Bro Purvis is a libidinous clergyman, named after an evangelist who once whipped both of our husbands into a frenzy of desire when we were visiting a fundamentalist church with relatives.
When the news about Jim Bakker hit the stands, we concluded he was a real Bro Purvis .
Brother Purvis strained the buttons on his vest as his face purpled and he growled (as Samson vainly resisting Delilah), “She tempts me, Lord!