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plinthers

plinthers is the plural of plinther.

Meaning of plinther

Noun

plinther (plural plinthers)

  1. Any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.
    • At 9 a.m. on Monday, the first plinther, 35-year-old Rachel Wardell, a homemaker from Sleaford, England, was raised by a cherry picker onto the plinth (a safety net has been installed around it, lest people slip or, worse, try to jump off).2009 July 7, Sarah Lyall, “Briefly Ascending to the Spotlight, Britons Take Their Place Among Giants”, in New York Times

Questions about plinthers

What is plinthers the plural of?
Plinthers is the plural of plinther.

Words near plinthers in the dictionary

  1. plinth
  2. plinthaquult
  3. plinthaquults
  4. plinthed
  5. plinther
  6. plinthers
  7. plinthic
  8. plinthiform
  9. plinthite
  10. plinthites
  11. plinthless

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