plomb
[pluhm]
- 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
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Molly sounded as if these people had the plomb of position and conscious breeding.
The ChainbearerJ. Fenimore Cooper