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the thick plottens

the thick plottens phrase: spoonerism of the plot thickens.

Phrase

the thick plottens

  1. (humorous) Spoonerism of the plot thickens
    • The thick plottens in the checker scandal. Our expert along those lines, whose monicker is thinly veiled, in the subscription to the appended document, evidently knows more than he is of a mind to spring at this time.1909 February 3, “In the wake of the news: Weaving the net”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, page 12
    • "The thick plottens, Gilly," he observed in great good humor. "Decidedly, the thick plottens!"1942, Vincent Starrett, "The Case of the Two Flutes", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, No.2, p.96

Questions about the thick plottens

What does the thick plottens mean?
The thick plottens means spoonerism of the plot thickens.
What part of speech is the thick plottens?
The thick plottens is a phrase.

Words near the thick plottens in the dictionary

  1. the switch in time that saved nine
  2. the tackies hit the tar
  3. the tail wags the dog
  4. the tar out of
  5. the terrorists will have won
  6. the thick plottens
  7. the thing
  8. the thing is
  9. the thing of it
  10. the Three Weeks
  11. the time has come

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