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单词 ploddeill
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ploddeilln.

Forms: pre-1700 ploddeill, pre-1700 plodeille.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: plodder n.1
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of plodder n.1 (see discussion at that entry) after French nouns in -aille (see -al suffix1).
Scottish. derogatory. Obsolete. rare.
Perhaps: a company or band of cudgellers.
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a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) viii. 4998 I vow to God scho beris hir weill The Scottis wenche with hir ploddeill; For, cum I airly, cum I lait, I fynd ay Annes at the ȝait.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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