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- verb Present participle of
ply .
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Examples
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It's official: plying is the most boring thing ever.
*Today* is a rest day. novel_in_90 2009
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This whole ‘Trickle Down’ bullsh*t you have been plying is a crock!
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Her form of conversation consists in plying her victim with questions.
The Convert 1907
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Although they told us the water had lowered considerably still boats were plying from the Levee inwards through all the streets we could see.
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Once in class, our teacher began explaining the notion of plying yarn and I froze.
Bellsknits 2009
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They are accused of 'plying' their father with alcohol and sleeping pills before forcing him to sign a will
Home | Mail Online 2010
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After visiting New York in 1794, the Frenchman Moreau de St. Mery wrote, “Whole sections of streets are given over to streetwalkers for the plying of their profession.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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And mass-produced T-shirts, bearing messages for all to wear and many to read, will always be partly indebted to those ancient tradesmen plying the coasts of the Mediterranean.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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And mass-produced T-shirts, bearing messages for all to wear and many to read, will always be partly indebted to those ancient tradesmen plying the coasts of the Mediterranean.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Petrik estimates that the average monthly income of “a fancy lady plying her trade along Wood Street” was $233.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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