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单词 plig
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plign.

Brit. /plɪɡ/, U.S. /plɪɡ/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: polygamist n.
Etymology: Shortened < polygamist n.
U.S. slang (frequently depreciative).
A Mormon who practises or sanctions polygamy. Also more generally: a Mormon.
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1977 Washington Post 8 Aug. a14 Many citizens in Utah show an uncomfortable dualism toward polygamists, derisively calling them ‘pligs’.
1978 Observer 12 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 33/4 Polygamy..has made a surprising comeback of late. ‘The Pligs are sprouting like weeds,’ said a county sheriff.
1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 1 Nov. c1 He inveigles his way into a Mormon community.., and talks to non-polygamous Mormon youths who drawl about ‘plig chicks’.
2002 Texas Monthly (Nexis) Aug. (Books section) 95 His short-lived retreat is interrupted when Mercy, one of the wives of a polygamist (a ‘plig’, in the glib shorthand of Utahans more accustomed to this practice than the rest of us), arrives on his doorstep.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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