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Definition of Plotty
1. full of intrigue, as a novel [adj -TIER, -TIEST] / a hot, spiced beverage [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plotty
Literary usage of Plotty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"Bring ben the plotty and a' the spirits into the kitchen ; and a' bad bluid shall
be at an end, when ilka ane, lad and lass, wife and widow, drinks a glass ..."
2. The Analysis of Play Construction and Dramatic Principle by William Thompson Price (1908)
"That tendency to the making of rigid Plots makes the plotty play—an abomination.
... The more plotty the less Episode, as a rule. There is no room for it, ..."
3. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1867)
"Bring ben the plotty and a' the spirits into the Kitchen ; and a' bad bluid shall
be at an end, when ilka ane, lad and lass, wife and widow, drinks a glass ..."
4. Noetes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1854)
"Bring ben the plotty and a' the spirits into the Kitchen; and a' bad bluid shall
be at an end, when ilka ane, lad and lass, wife and widow, drinks a glass ..."
5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Cosmopolitan Spirit in Literature: A Study of by Joseph Texte (1899)
"Mr John Ashton gossips most refreshingly in his ' History of Gambling in England/
The book is full of plotty stories and amusing anecdotes. ..."
6. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"Whisky toddy and plotty (red wine mulled with spices) came into the supper-room
in ancient flagons or stoups, after a lengthy repast of broiled chickens, ..."
7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"Bring ben the plotty and a' the spirits into the kitchen ; and a' bad bluid shall
be at an end, when ilka ane, lad and lass, wife and widow, drinks a glass ..."
8. The Analysis of Play Construction and Dramatic Principle by William Thompson Price (1908)
"That tendency to the making of rigid Plots makes the plotty play—an abomination.
... The more plotty the less Episode, as a rule. There is no room for it, ..."
9. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1867)
"Bring ben the plotty and a' the spirits into the Kitchen ; and a' bad bluid shall
be at an end, when ilka ane, lad and lass, wife and widow, drinks a glass ..."
10. Noetes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1854)
"Bring ben the plotty and a' the spirits into the Kitchen; and a' bad bluid shall
be at an end, when ilka ane, lad and lass, wife and widow, drinks a glass ..."
11. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Cosmopolitan Spirit in Literature: A Study of by Joseph Texte (1899)
"Mr John Ashton gossips most refreshingly in his ' History of Gambling in England/
The book is full of plotty stories and amusing anecdotes. ..."
12. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"Whisky toddy and plotty (red wine mulled with spices) came into the supper-room
in ancient flagons or stoups, after a lengthy repast of broiled chickens, ..."
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