planch
or planche
[planch, plahnch]
- a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- British Dialect.
- a floor.
- a plank.
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Origin of planch
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The last of Planch's classical burlesques was produced at the Lyceum in 1848.
A Book of BurlesqueWillam Davenport Adams
In "Olympic Devils" Planch's style is seen to excellent effect.
A Book of BurlesqueWillam Davenport Adams
The verse of Planch and A'Beckett is smoothness itself, and they do not descend to word-torturing.
A Book of BurlesqueWillam Davenport Adams
The story of Telemachus was the subject which engaged the attention of Planch immediately after he had done with Perseus.
A Book of BurlesqueWillam Davenport Adams
After Planch, the most notable of the deceased writers of "classical" burlesque is undoubtedly Francis Talfourd.
A Book of BurlesqueWillam Davenport Adams