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plute

noun/pluːt/

What It Means

A plutocrat, especially a rich industrialist.

“Exactly what the plutes are doing,” said Mickey. “Gee, Junior, if your Pa does all the things he said he was going to, you'll be a plute yourself!”

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Plute in Context

““Never heard him say anything in my life he didn′t do,” said Junior, “and didn′t you notice that he put you in too? You′ll be just as much of a plute as I will.””

— 1915, Gene Stratton-Porter, Michael O′Halloran, 2006, Echo Library, page 224

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Shortened from plutocrat.

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