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plue

plue noun: the value of a full-sized beaver skin.

Noun

plue (plural plues)

  1. (historical) The value of a full-sized beaver skin.
    • Twelve and a half pieces of trade goods brought in 416½ plues in beaver and an assortment of other peltry, in addition to over 370 plues in provisions. (A plue was the value of a full-sized beaver skin.)2001, Lloyd Keith, North of Athabasca, page 47

Forms of plue

pluralplues

Questions about plue

What does plue mean?
Plue means the value of a full-sized beaver skin.
What part of speech is plue?
Plue is a noun.
What is the plural of plue?
The plural of plue is plues.

Words near plue in the dictionary

  1. plucot
  2. plucots
  3. Plude
  4. pluderhose
  5. Pludes
  6. plue
  7. plues
  8. pluff
  9. pluff mud
  10. pluffed
  11. pluffiness

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