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‖ en plein|ɑ̃ plæ̃|
[Fr., = in full.]
1. Of a bet in roulette and other banking games: placed entirely upon one number or side; of a number or side, backed with the whole bet.
1881Hardy Laodicean II. iv. iv. 258 Leaving off backing numbers en plein, he laid his venture..à cheval. 1933D. C. Peel Life's Enchanted Cup xiii. 161 Suddenly I knew that I must risk my last five francs en plein on number thirteen. 1966G. Greene Comedians i. ii. 88, I had already won once en plein. 1966C. Robertson Judas Spies i. 9 He had been sitting at a roulette table..playing the even chances mostly, occasionally trying his luck en plein.
2. en plein air, in the open air.
1888Practitioner Oct. 258 Typhus..is..very uncommon amongst the class of people..who..live largely a life en plein air. 1962Observer 1 July 19/8 The Greek tradition of performing the classics en plein air is not..continuous since antiquity.
3. In other phrases.
1865‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. vi. 103 We are so proud of our stolen nuts that we crack them en plein jour instead of keeping them to enjoy in the darkness of night. 1896E. Dowson Let. 5 July (1967) 371 Have I not been peacefully rusticating these five months en pleine campagne? 1940J. Joyce Let. 11 Feb. (1966) III. 465 He had practically to kidnap the child en pleine rue. 1944A. L. Rowse Eng. Spirit viii. 62 The Portuguese Empire was en pleine déchéance. |