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pluckage

pluckage noun: the act of plucking.

Noun

pluckage (uncountable)

  1. The act of plucking.
    • If no substitute for a goose-quill had been discovered, it is evident that the world could not have maintained a tithe of its present correspondence, unless geese and other fowls had been bred in extraordinary numbers for the pluckage of their wings.1872, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
    • Jasper […] is playing guitar — what he terms the "pluckage" for a song he is recording on Garage Band. He adds drums, other percussion, and synthesizer. Next he records his voice, improvising funny lyrics.2018, David Sheff, Beautiful Boy
    Synonyms:
    plucking

Synonyms of pluckage

Origin of pluckage

From pluck + -age.

Questions about pluckage

What does pluckage mean?
Pluckage means the act of plucking.
What part of speech is pluckage?
Pluckage is a noun.

Words near pluckage in the dictionary

  1. pluck up
  2. pluck up one's courage
  3. pluck'd
  4. pluck-buffet
  5. pluckable
  6. pluckage
  7. plucked
  8. plucked out
  9. plucked up
  10. plucked up one's courage
  11. pluckedness

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