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Search phrase: plum

Plays

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King JohnKJ II.i.162Give it a plum, a cherry, and a fig.Giue yt a plum, a cherry, and a figge,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.ii.73If he dare venture; hang him, plum porridge!If he dare venture, hang him plumb porredge.

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.10.5 Like a green plum that hangs upon a tree, Like a greene plumbe that hangs vpon a tree:
Venus and AdonisVen.527 The mellow plum doth fall, the green sticks fast, The mellow plum doth fall, the greene sticks fast,

Glossary

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comfectsweetmeat, sugar-plum, comfit
plum porridge[contemptuous, for the type of person who would eat] rich, fruity porridge [= heavy, lumbering individual]
plum-brothrich soup made of meat, fruit, and spices, especially eaten at Christmas

Thesaurus

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sugar-plumcomfect

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PLUMBASICplum n
PLUMFOODplum-broth n
PLUMPLANTplum-tree adj, plum-tree n

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