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Plucked

//plʌkt// adj, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking.
  2. 2
    Played by plucking.
  3. 3
    Having courage and spirit; plucky. UK, dated, slang

    "He could scarcely contain his admiration. "What a plucked un!" he muttered; "what a plucked un! No miss," he added, "you needn't fear. Fear, says I? You never feared nothink in your life. […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum wordnet
  2. 2
    having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of pluck form-of, participle, past

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