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Plith

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A piece of iron made hot and put into an iron box, to be held for punishment by a criminal. (See Plet.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Plebeians
Plebiscite
Pledge
Pleiades
Plét
Pleydell (Mr. Paulus)
Pliable
Pliny
Pliny’s Doves
Plith
Plon-plon
Plot
Plotcock
Plough
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Plover
Plowden
Plowman
Pluck
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