pluck
verb (used with object)
to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc..
well-plucked
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a word derived from
pluck.
Example Sentences
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Amid unsettling small sounds, sliding tones, long-held pitches and well-plucked heartbeat strings, the violas, in their middle-way range and manner, kept the balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
"That's a rare well-plucked little 'un!" cried Joe Baillie.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Where the public were permitted to listen is bare and shabby as a well-plucked client.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
He's a well-plucked one, though, took the lead and kept it, and when it was over, treated us to usquebaugh at Luckey Doughty's store.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston
Dicky was well-plucked though, bad as he was.
From A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison
