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plumper(1)(dictionary)
Fringe(medicine)
Fringe, the(dictionary)
fringe(2)(dictionary)
fringe(1)(dictionary)
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fringe 3, verb(dictionary)
fringe 2, adjective(dictionary)

plumper(2) (iou) and fringe theatre (oh)


plumper(2) (iou)



plumper noun2. M18.
[from PLUMP verb1, adverb + -ER1.]
A heavy blow; a heavy fall. slang. M18-E19.
A vote cast at an election for a single candidate instead of an optional two or more. Also, an elector casting such a vote. L18.
An unusually large specimen of its kind; spec. an untruth told on a large scale, a downright lie. arch. colloq. E19.

fringe theatre (oh)



n [U] BrE
plays by new writers, often on difficult subjects or written in unusual ways, that are not performed in the main theatres