plumpers
plural of plumper
Source: Wiktionary
Plump"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.
2. (English Elections)
Definition: A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. A person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote.
3. A voter who plumps his vote. [Eng.]
4. A downright, unqualified lie. [Colloq. or Low]
Plump, a. [Compar. Plumper; superl. Plumpest.] Etym: [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Plump, adv.]
Definition: Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew.
Plump, n.
Definition: A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.] To visit islands and the plumps of men. Chapman.
Plump, v. i. Etym: [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.]
1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once."Dulcissa plumps into a chair." Spectator.
3. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumping.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.plump up the pillows To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. Fuller.
2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plump, adv. Etym: [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. &v.]
Definition: Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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