Plunket

British  

/ ˈplʌŋkət /

noun

1. Saint Oliver. 1629–81, Irish Roman Catholic churchman and martyr; wrongly executed as a supposed conspirator in the Popish Plot (1678). Feast day: July 11

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Example Sentences

The 30-year-old created the piece of cricket history playing for Central Stags on day two of their match against Northern Districts in New Zealand's Plunket Shield.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Mr Plunket said: "The benefit is children being children again. They're too young to be stuck on a screen; they need those real-life experiences."

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

“He loved it, even though he kept saying, ‘This is not literature, I don't know why I’m publishing it’,” Plunket recalled.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

The message struck Plunket as odd: The novel, first published in 1983, had long been out of print, and Plunket, after a brief moment in the spotlight, had fallen off the literary map.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Like for instance Papa said old man Plunket told him the train hit a mule and a cow at the same time yesterday just outside of Cold Sassy.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns