en plein
/ (French ɑ̃ plɛ̃) /
adjective, adverb(postpositive)
(of a gambling bet) placed entirely on a single number, etc
Origin of en plein
1from French: in full
Words Nearby en plein
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How to use en plein in a sentence
"Quatre premiers et quatre en plein," repeated Nancy, mechanically.
The Devourers | Annie Vivanti ChartresShe leaned across and with trembling fingers backed number fourteen en plein, with all the carrés and chevaux.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips OppenheimThis time he staked on twenty-nine, with the maximum en plein and all the carrés and chevaux.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips OppenheimYet even here the traveller finds himself already in many ways en plein Orient.
The Mediterranean | T. G. (Thomas Gray) Bonney, E. A. R. Ball, H. D. Traill, Grant Allen, and Arthur GriffithsBut she was determined to make it substantially a picture en plein air.
The History of David Grieve | Mrs. Humphry Ward
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