UNDERPLOT

Etymology

Noun

underplot (plural underplots)

A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.

A secret scheme or trick.

Source: Wiktionary


Un"der*plot`, n.

1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden.

2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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