Plucking
[plʌk]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pluck
Inputed by Elsa
Examples
- Instead of that, said I, plucking up more grass and chewing a blade or two, see how I am going on. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Instruments in which the strings are set into motion by plucking--harp, guitar, mandolin. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- You're a woman,' retorted Brittles, plucking up a little. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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