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  • _ Wherfor shuld our lady rather doo so, than God hymselffe, whom thay be nat affrayd to pluke owt hys robes, & breake ye churche walles therfore.

    The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion Desiderius Erasmus 1502

  • Yet all this myght be sufferyd, but you be abowt to pluke away greater thynges, you be abowt (as they say) that what so euer any saynte hathe in any place, to take hyt frome the churches, but take hede what you doo.

    The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion Desiderius Erasmus 1502

  • If appearances are anything to go by, Fournier is indubitably a pluke of the first water. "

    Salvage for the Saint Charteris, Leslie, 1907- 1983

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  • Scottish slang for what the Americans call a zit.

    March 3, 2007

  • onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when it pops? ;)

    March 3, 2007

  • That occurred to me, but I stifled the thought so as not to . . . pluke. SoG, you're full of grossness tonight.

    March 3, 2007

  • It's the middle of the day here! A little grossness is good for the soul!

    March 3, 2007

  • Well then, you have a lot more grossness ahead of you!

    March 3, 2007