ploat
Britishverb
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to thrash; beat soundly
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to pluck (a fowl)
Etymology
Origin of ploat
from Dutch or Flemish ploten to pluck the feathers or fur from
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Ploat had taken an old-fashioned house in Queen Anne Street, large enough for a family of twenty persons.
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The doctor chuckled, 'You are a queer fellow, Mr. Ploat; a queer fellow, and no mistake.
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