Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plot of ground.
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- noun A
plot ofground .
Etymologies
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From Middle English pleck, plek, variation of plack. Cognate with West Frisian plak ("place, location, spot"), Dutch plek ("place, spot, patch").
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Examples
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He browt me to th 'pleck where te measurn their height,
Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England Unknown 1833
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"Yees, I guess; more than twenty years since she left the pleck
Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"Yees, I guess; more than twenty years since she left the pleck
Lucretia — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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