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单词 (as) plain as a pikestaff
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(as) plain as a pikestaff

1Very obvious.But after the battering that it has taken this week, it is as plain as a pikestaff that most observers will be lining up with the Department of Finance on this one....
  • The Attorney General filed an immediate petition to rehear saying "it is as plain as a pikestaff that a judge has no authority to impose a sentence above the presumptive minimum unless an enhancement factor is found."
  • "It is plain as a pikestaff, is it not, say the Crown that this attack on Mr Turner was committed by men who had looked for and found weapons and had chosen a fence as a suitable source for those weapons.
2Ordinary or unattractive in appearance."Queer child, that Hatty!—plain as a pikestaff", and Mr. Lee took up his newspaper, and put his feet on the mantel....
  • Good god, man, she's plain as a pikestaff with a wardrobe fresh out of the Salvation Army.
Alteration of as plain as a packstaff, the staff being that of a pedlar, on which he rested his pack of wares
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