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单词 plumb centre
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plumb centre
plumb centre n. (and adv.) U.S. colloquial (now rare) the very centre; dead centre (also asadv.).
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1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xx. 271 Most of them [sc. Delawares] can hit ‘plumb centre’, with any of their mountain associates.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xxi. 291 He may shoot well; he did onecest on a time—plum centre.
1878 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 16 Apr. The black thing..hed fallen off, an' thar, plumb center in his forehead, was a roun' red hole.
1901 W. Winans Art of Revolver Shooting 3 Think out the reason for any shot not having struck ‘plumb centre’.
1947 E. Pound tr. Tseng in Great Digest (1951) 81 The true man has his great mode of action which must be from the plumb center of his heart.
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