Plowright

/ (ˈplaʊˌraɪt) /

noun

Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)

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Living with bats is far preferable to living without them, Plowright says.
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In a case recorded by Plowright, in which a boy had eaten a piece of the pileus, death occurred on the fourth day.
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