by-plot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of by-plot
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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“As for the desperate political intrigues, the by-plot, the fighting, the book’s whole body and action, it is admirably done.”
From Psyche by Couperus, Louis
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