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plainstones — /playn stohnz /, n.pl. Scot. 1. flagstones. 2. (used with a sing. v.) a flagstone walk or passageway. Also, plainstanes /playn staynz /. [1765 75; PLAIN1 + STONE + S3] * * * … Universalium
plain-Jane — /playn jayn /, adj. Informal. simple and modest; unadorned; basic: a plain Jane car dressed up with leather upholstery. Also, plain jane. [1935 40] * * * plainˈ Jane adjective 1. Ordinary, unremarkable 2. Plain, esp of a garment • • • Main Entry … Useful english dictionary
plainstones — /playn stohnz /, n.pl. Scot. 1. flagstones. 2. (used with a sing. v.) a flagstone walk or passageway. Also, plainstanes /playn staynz /. [1765 75; PLAIN1 + STONE + S3] … Useful english dictionary
plainchant — /playn chant , chahnt /, n. plainsong (defs. 1, 2). [1720 30; PLAIN1 + CHANT, modeled on F plain chant] * * * … Universalium
plainclothesman — /playn klohz meuhn, man , klohdhz /, n., pl. plainclothesmen / meuhn, men /. a police officer, esp. a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty. Also, plainclothes man. [1925 30; PLAIN CLOTHES + MAN1] * * * … Universalium
Plainfield — /playn feeld /, n. 1. a city in N New Jersey. 45,555. 2. a town in NE Connecticut. 12,774. * * * ▪ New Jersey, United States city, Union county, northern New Jersey, U.S., at the base of the Watchung Mountains. Quakers settled in the area… … Universalium
plain-Jane — /playn jayn /, adj. Informal. simple and modest; unadorned; basic: a plain Jane car dressed up with leather upholstery. Also, plain jane. [1935 40] * * * … Universalium
plain-laid — /playn layd /, adj. Ropemaking. noting a rope laid right handed with three left handed strands, without a heart; hawser laid. [1885 90] * * * … Universalium
plain-saw — /playn saw /, v.t., plain sawed, plain sawed or plain sawn, plain sawing. to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard saw. [1950 55] * * * … Universalium
plainsong — /playn sawng , song /, n. 1. the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times. 2. modal liturgical music; Gregorian chant. 3. a cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal development. 4. any simple and unadorned… … Universalium
