plummier

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• plummier — plum·my || plÊŒmɪ adj. good (Informal); marvelous, excellent; plum filled, containing plums …   English contemporary dictionary

• plummy — adjective (plummier; est) Date: 1759 1. a. full of plums < a rich plummy cake > b. choice, desirable < got a plummy role in the movie > 2. a. having a plum color b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• plumber — /plum euhr/, n. 1. a person who installs and repairs piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with the water supply, drainage systems, etc., both in and out of buildings. 2. Slang. an undercover operative or spy hired to… …   Universalium

• plummy — /plum ee/, adj., plummier, plummiest. 1. containing or resembling plums. 2. good or desirable: a plummy part for a good actress. 3. richly or mellowly resonant: a plummy speaking voice. [1750 60; PLUM1 + Y1] * * * …   Universalium

• Plum — This interesting and unusual surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, as a topographical name for someone who lived by a plum tree, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word plume , plum (tree).… …   Surnames reference

• Plumb — This interesting and unusual surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, as a topographical name for someone who lived by a plum tree, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word plume , plum (tree).… …   Surnames reference

• Plumbe — This interesting and unusual surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, as a topographical name for someone who lived by a plum tree, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word plume , plum (tree).… …   Surnames reference

• Plume — This interesting and unusual surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, as a topographical name for someone who lived by a plum tree, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word plume , plum (tree).… …   Surnames reference

• Plumm — This interesting and unusual surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, as a topographical name for someone who lived by a plum tree, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word plume , plum (tree).… …   Surnames reference

• plumber — (n.) late 14c. (from c.1100 as a surname), a worker in any sort of lead (roofs, gutters, pipes), from O.Fr. plummier (Fr. plombier), from L. plumbarius worker in lead, properly an adjective, pertaining to lead, from plumbum lead (see PLUMB (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

• plummy — adjective (plummier, plummiest) 1》 resembling a plum. 2》 Brit. informal (of a person s voice) typical of the English upper classes. 3》 Brit. informal choice; highly desirable …   English new terms dictionary