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- noun Plural form of
plute .
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Examples
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The "plutes" would take his words and twist them into whatever sense they wished; and meantime they went on pouring abuse on Jimmie Higgins -- throwing the same old mud into his eyes, blinding him with the same old hatred.
Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923
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But the tutoring sections were only for the "plutes" or the athletes, many of whom were subsidized by fraternities or alumni.
The Plastic Age Percy Marks 1923
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It had a manner all its own -- it was full of ginger and spice, of Western slang and hustle: It collected news of the doings of the "plutes," and served it up for the benefit of the "American working-mule."
The Jungle Upton Sinclair 1923
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Bill usually went away cursing me as the friend of the "plutes" and the enemy of labor.
The Iron Puddler Davis, James J 1922
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The picture of Comrade Bannerman shaking his fist at the trainload of "plutes" lingered with me.
The Iron Puddler Davis, James J 1922
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It had a manner all its own -- it was full of ginger and spice, of Western slang and hustle: It collected news of the doings of the "plutes," and served it up for the benefit of the "American working-mule."
The Jungle 1906
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[A Necessary Foot-NOTE: this movement was a far cry from the holocaust revisionist, crypto-Nazi, so-called "Populist Party" of today, which is a shill, set up by the plutes to corral, contain, and discredit any genuine populist potential in the present.]
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Our little bunch has a lot liver times than all those plutes.
Babbit 2004
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How much farther do you plutes expect to go with your grabbing?
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923
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Our little bunch has a lot liver times than all those plutes.
Chapter 2 1922
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