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Definition of Plings
1. pling [n] - See also: pling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plings
Literary usage of Plings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Avis by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1877)
"... or was afraid the newspaper over the wisteria had been blown away, or wae sure
Julia would get the di m- plings underdone, or the professor get home ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1893)
"... night-wanderers of Florence stood out in obtrusive distinctness, there was
the background of a roar from mingled shouts and imprecations, tram- plings ..."
3. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"There may be tragic economic struggles, grim grap- plings of race with race and
class with class. It may be that "private enterprise" will refuse to learn ..."
4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1850)
"ship was surrounded with a rampart of iron, to keep off those who should attempt
to board it. All around were iron grap- plings, ..."
5. The Story of Avis by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1877)
"... or was afraid the newspaper over the wisteria had been blown away, or wae sure
Julia would get the di m- plings underdone, or the professor get home ..."
6. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1893)
"... night-wanderers of Florence stood out in obtrusive distinctness, there was
the background of a roar from mingled shouts and imprecations, tram- plings ..."
7. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"There may be tragic economic struggles, grim grap- plings of race with race and
class with class. It may be that "private enterprise" will refuse to learn ..."
8. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1850)
"ship was surrounded with a rampart of iron, to keep off those who should attempt
to board it. All around were iron grap- plings, ..."
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