Plainfield

American  

[pleyn-feeld] / ˈpleɪnˌfild /

noun

1. a city in N New Jersey.

2. a town in NE Connecticut.

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Example Sentences

Since Gein’s ghoulish acts were discovered in 1957 and he’s been dead for 41 years, perhaps Murphy and Brennan counted on the public to relegate the reality of what he did to the community of Plainfield, Wisconsin, to the status of an urban legend, a bogeyman tale supersized by lengendary revulsion.

From Salon

Gein, known as the Butcher of Plainfield, and the murders he committed provided fodder for several classic horror movies, including “Psycho,” “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “The Silence of the Lambs.”

From Los Angeles Times

Charlie Hunnam leads the show’s third installment, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story,” premiering Friday on Netflix, as the titular “Butcher of Plainfield.”

From Los Angeles Times

Born in 1906, Gein was raised on an isolated farm in Plainfield, Wis., by an alcoholic father and an ultrareligious mother, whom he adored and defended until her death in 1945.

From Los Angeles Times

In Plainfield, New Jersey, two people died when a car was sept away by floodwaters as the storm hit, Governor Murphy said on Tuesday.

From BBC