plu.
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plu.
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PLU
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plu
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/ pluː /
noun
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Ahnungoog, plu. n. a star Ahyah, v. he is, was Ahneen, adv. how?
From Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages To Which is Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words by John Summerfield
W., mood-weary, holds head-watch o’er friend and foe.—B. suggests taking the word as dat. inst. plu. of an abstract noun in -‘u.’
From Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by Lesslie Hall
S. all, 203, 264, &c.; every one, 104; every part, 224; plu. alle, 2, 150, &c.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
The word is extant in Old English only in the Glossaries, in the gen. sing., "handful beouaes," etc., and in Old Saxon only in the gen. plu. beuuo.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers
To aba, ab, ba answers a sing. umu, um, mu, so that sing. umu-ntu, um-ntu or mu-ntu, a man, a person; plu. aba-ntu, ab-ntu, ba-ntu.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
Thor Stepina had five catches for 122 yards and a touchdown for PLU.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
“Many of the individual components that make a PLU sticker can be either recyclable or compostable,” claims the International Federation for Produce Standards, a larger industry group that includes the IFPA.
From The Verge ● Apr. 18, 2022
I took a tiny pencil from the common box, wrote the PLU code on a twist tie and decided maybe I should keep the pencil this trip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
PLU stickers, which stands for “Price Look Up,” serve an important function in grocery stores: telling the clerk how much to charge for that item.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
If you add them, you have to consider Frosty Westering’s legacy at PLU also.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2019
Le gros choc de Garnet Hathaway sur Connor McDavid qui n’a pas vraiment plu à Evander Kane !
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
Iom plu da fiŝo? ee'ohm ploo dah fee'sho?
From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by William W. Mann
Multfoje li malesperis, vidante ke ĝi kvazaŭ ne kreskadis plu, aŭ ke ĝi en somero havis velkan mienon.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
Duignan suggests the same etymology for Beoshelle, beos being "the Norman scribe's idea of the gen. plu."
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers
The plu, again, in pluma, a feather, is said to be found in pillu, 'to fly.'
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly
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