plewd
plewd noun: a stylized sweat drop drawn on the air around a character's head, as if it were coming out of the character, as used in cartoons, especially comic strips.
Noun
plewd (plural plewds)
- A stylized sweat drop drawn on the air around a character's head, as if it were coming out of the character, as used in cartoons, especially comic strips.
- You may be able to draw like Michelangelo, but you'll never make a cartoonist until you're up on such matters as Squeans, Plewds, and Briffits. […] Plewds are the little drops of perspiration that shoot off a character's brow to indicate physical exertion, embarrassment, fear or practically...1946 March 24, Charles D. Rice, “Squeans, Plewds & Briffits or, How to be a Cartoonist”, in Los Angeles Times, volume 65, United Newspapers Magazine Corporation, page 22
- Now add just *one* little plewd coming off the head and, poof, that's one nervous little guy2003 September 11, <jgmcle...@aol.com>, “where did &*#$ come from?”, in rec.arts.comics.strips (Usenet)
Forms of plewd
| plural | plewds |
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Origin of plewd
Coined by Charles Rice.
Questions about plewd
- What does plewd mean?
- Plewd means a stylized sweat drop drawn on the air around a character's head, as if it were coming out of the character, as used in cartoons, especially comic strips.
- What part of speech is plewd?
- Plewd is a noun.
- What is the plural of plewd?
- The plural of plewd is plewds.
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