plomb
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plomb
First recorded in 1900–05; variant of plumb
Example Sentences
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The manner in which it balances itself after such leaps is also admirable: our ballet-dancers would consider it a model of a perfect à plomb.
From A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 by Otto von Kotzebue
Hear that magnificent chest note from the chestnuts! then a crescendo, falling in silence—à plomb!
From Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I by Thomas L. Masson
Lord Spencer, Mr. Heneage, Offley, &c., are des culs de plomb, and the bankers' coaches are not ordered till about six in the morning.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by E. S. Roscoe
What à plomb could have been more perfect!
From Nobody by Susan Warner
“Il sait que les foulards de soieGive no retaliating whack—Les gigots morts n’ont pas de quoi—Le plomb don’t ever hit you back.”
From The Bab Ballads by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
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