plomb
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plomb
First recorded in 1900–05; variant of plumb
Example Sentences
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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
She answered with an a plomb which, born of necessity as it was, and natural, equalled that of the most practised fine lady which should show her artificial habit or skill.
From The End of a Coil by Susan Warner
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
“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
Their it stood me a croune or 3_ll_ to cause remballe it; 10 souse to cause plomb it wt the King of Frances armes; 30s. for a passeport.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
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