pluck
verb (used with object)
to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc..
half-plucked
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a word derived from
pluck.
Example Sentences
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When the film does flashback to “earlier this morning” toward the end, there is an aha! moment when you discover why the chicken was only half-plucked.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2019
Standing on a golden perch behind the door was a decrepit-looking bird that resembled a half-plucked turkey.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
“Givin’ me advice on gettin’ kelpies out of a well,” growled Hagrid, moving a half-plucked rooster off his scrubbed table and setting down the teapot.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
Every man jack of them, in less than five minutes, looked like a half-plucked cockerel, and their captors were wrangling like jackdaws about the plunder.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
On the farther side of the long fire, men were busy with dripping bear-steaks and half-plucked fowls; while others bent over the steaming caldron or stirred the big mead-vat.
From The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz
