plusheryn.
/ˈplʌʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈpləʃəri/ U.S. slang. Now rare.
A luxurious or high-class restaurant, hotel, nightclub, etc.
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1951 A. Green & J. Laurie Show Biz 570/2 Plushery, class joint (hotel, nitery, eatery).
1957 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 29 Apr. 6/5 Sloan Simpson, doing the local plusheries with David Atkinson, gets plenty of attention when she dances the rhumba.
1970 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 16 Oct. 33/3 [He] ‘celebrated’ his final frustration..by being the loudest applauder for songster Val Anthony at the Part One plushery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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