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plum

UK/plʌm/ US/plʊm/ fairly common slang uk
adverb (2) noun (2)

adverb

1.

exactly

  • “fell plumb in the middle of the puddle”
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2.

completely; used as intensifiers

  • “clean forgot the appointment”
  • “I”
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noun

1.

any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone

Synonyms
2.

any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

Origin

From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum.

Phrases

  • Allegheny plum
  • American black plum
  • American plum
  • American wild plum
  • Assyrian plum
  • August plum
  • Australian plum
  • bag plum

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