Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pleathe.

Examples

  • "Mithith Livingthton, pleathe give her a bead becauthe thhe didn't kill me one time when thhe nearly ran over me," urged Tommy.

    The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas Janet Aldridge

  • "Then pleathe tell me, how did I get out doorth?" demanded Tommy triumphantly.

    The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas Janet Aldridge

  • When she said her prayers she always said in soft to herself, "But pleathe, God, don't bless Mith Lupton."

    The Highgrader William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • "Take 'em away then, pleathe!" he begged, from under the hat.

    Frank Merriwell's Reward Burt L. Standish 1905

  • '"If you pleathe, noble captain," put in the Jew, who didn't yet guess anything amiss, "we've thecured the ethcaped prithoner -- after a tuthle --"

    Corporal Sam and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • It was an unfortunate allusion, and Warble, smiling with an engaging smile, wheedled, "Pleathe, pleathe --"

    Ptomaine Street Carolyn Wells 1902

  • Warble rubbed it off with the back of her hand, and said, "Oh, pleathe -- pleathe."

    Ptomaine Street Carolyn Wells 1902

  • '"Tho pleathe you, noble captain, my name' th Nathan Nathaniel, of

    Corporal Sam and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • It was little lisping Charlie Gray, saying, "If you pleathe, 'm, may we have the Deacon to go to mill?

    Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's Sophie May 1869

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.