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[pleyn] / pleɪn /








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She doesn't make up one bit off the stage, and she dresses just as PLAIN!

From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

We do not see the use, under the word PLAIN, of taking up room with a list like the following: "L. planus; It. piano; Sp. piano; Fr. plain."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 by Various

Hers was one of the faces on which nature has written PLAIN, in unmistakable characters.

From Paul Prescott's Charge by Alger, Horatio

"PLAIN LOOKING, mother?" exclaimed her husband in astonishment.

From Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith




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