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A Reeling Economy Citing aerial photos of plumeless smokestacks, economists say roughly three of every four North Korean factories are idle.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2010

O plumeless bird, O legless mouse; Between the night and day, Flitting around my summer-house In quest of insect prey.

From A Century of Emblems by Cautley, G. S.

There were there chasseurs, cuirassiers, lancers, hussars, infantry of the line and of the guard, all mingled together, with torn uniforms, broken shakos, and plumeless helmets, and all seemingly famished.

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian

BABBALANJA—No, your Highness; but like eagles, his thoughts were first callow; yet, born plumeless, they came to soar.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

"And plumeless as a docked parrot," said the Abb� John, who was now sufficiently far from Paris to begin to laugh at his master—at least a little, and in an affectionate way.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)