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Definition of Plunges
1. plunge [v] - See also: plunge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plunges
Literary usage of Plunges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... which supplies ' dug mullets ' ; for whoever digs two or three feet, and
plunges a trident into the muddy water, will be sure to take the fisn, ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"HE SETS UP ms BACK AND SQUEAKS, AXD plunges AT EVERYTHING HE MEETS. WHERE IS
BLISS TO BE FOUND? THE song-writers have frequently asked with some slight ..."
3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"tremendous precipice called the Salto ' di Tiberio, which plunges from the edge
of the rocks of Capri straight down into the Mediterranean, told me they had ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... which supplies ' dug mullets ' ; for whoever digs two or three feet, and
plunges a trident into the muddy water, will be sure to take the fisn, ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"HE SETS UP ms BACK AND SQUEAKS, AXD plunges AT EVERYTHING HE MEETS. WHERE IS
BLISS TO BE FOUND? THE song-writers have frequently asked with some slight ..."
6. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"tremendous precipice called the Salto ' di Tiberio, which plunges from the edge
of the rocks of Capri straight down into the Mediterranean, told me they had ..."
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