Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not plucked; not pulled or torn away.
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- adjective Not having been
plucked .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Plastic flowers bunched in my carrier bag, eyebrows unplucked, hair greasily grasping the wind.
Temporary Passport Penny Goring 2011
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Inside was a headless, unplucked chicken hanging from one leg, a small bucket placed beneath it to catch drops of blood.
Stalling 2010
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In the glare of the bedside lamp she could see the features magnified, coarsened, pores like miniature craters, two unplucked hairs standing like bristles at the corner of the mouth.
She Closed Her Eyes 2010
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“Well, Katie, when your pluck is unplucked and your pep is—”
Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009
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“Well, Katie, when your pluck is unplucked and your pep is—”
Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009
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And for you lazy, er, low-maintenance ladies -- the unplucked brow is a veritable gift!
Verena von Pfetten: Brow-O-Wow: Bushy Eyebrows Make A Comeback (PHOTOS, POLL) 2009
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The low-hanging fruit stubbornly remains unplucked.
David Roberts: Energy Efficiency vs. Neoliberal Economics 2009
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I go to put the last of the crumpets in the fridge in the kitchen, where they join a plucked and trussed chicken waiting to be eaten, an unplucked but folded knob-billed duck waiting to be skinned for the collection, and some cockroaches happily licking at the empty egg compartment.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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“Well, Katie, when your pluck is unplucked and your pep is—”
Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009
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“Well, Katie, when your pluck is unplucked and your pep is—”
Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009
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