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plomb

[ pluhm ]

/ plʌm /

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noun Surgery.

any inert material inserted into a body cavity for therapeutic purposes.

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Origin of plomb

First recorded in 1900–05; variant of plumb

Words nearby plomb

plodder, plodge, Ploeşti, -ploid, ploidy, plomb, plombage, Plomer, plonk, plonker, plonking

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Example sentences from the Web for plomb

The French text begins thus: Pour trois livres de cire et de plomb pour faire les patrons que maitre Colman, armoyeur, a fait, &c.
Spanish Arms and Armour|Albert F. Calvert
Miss Raven threw again, and this time a deep plomb announced her success.
Haunted Places in England|Elliot O'Donnell
Molly sounded as if these people had the plomb of position and conscious breeding.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper
C'est un massif compacte, et presque partout le mme, de minral de plomb et argent pauvre, pntr de pyrite sulphureuse.
Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4)|James Hutton

Diverses mdailles de plomb, de leton, cuyvre et aultre gros mtal estant ung coffre.
The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria|Eleanor E. Tremayne

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