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- verb Present participle of
ply .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's official: plying is the most boring thing ever.
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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.
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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.
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They are accused of 'plying' their father with alcohol and sleeping pills before forcing him to sign a will
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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Petrik estimates that the average monthly income of “a fancy lady plying her trade along Wood Street” was $233.
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