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pluckee

pluckee noun: one who is plucked, or from whom something is plucked.

Noun

pluckee (plural pluckees)

  1. One who is plucked, or from whom something is plucked.
    • Of course, once the law was enforced there had to be twice as many people missing an eye, one for each plucker and one (of course) for each pluckee.2006, Phil Wells, Try the Veal, page 63
    • It was always easier being the plucker than being the pluckee.2015, Emmett R. Dixon, Big Red Rocks, Little Red Devils: A Moab Story, page 41

Forms of pluckee

pluralpluckees

Origin of pluckee

From pluck + -ee.

Questions about pluckee

What does pluckee mean?
Pluckee means one who is plucked, or from whom something is plucked.
What part of speech is pluckee?
Pluckee is a noun.
What is the plural of pluckee?
The plural of pluckee is pluckees.

Words near pluckee in the dictionary

  1. plucked
  2. plucked out
  3. plucked up
  4. plucked up one's courage
  5. pluckedness
  6. pluckee
  7. pluckees
  8. plucker
  9. pluckers
  10. pluckest
  11. plucketh

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