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Plump in   /pləmp ɪn/   Listen
Plump in

verb
1.
Arrive suddenly and unannounced.





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"Plump in" Quotes from Famous Books



... the bulwarks on the watch for the grapnel, and in another second it came plump in over the taffrail. Before it had time to catch anywhere, however, my chum had pounced upon it, and, tossing it into the air just as the bowman in the boat was bringing a strain upon the chain, the instrument ...
— The Rover's Secret - A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba • Harry Collingwood
... Some succeeded, not waiting to descend by the ladders, but leaping down, to the no small risk of breaking their arms and legs. There was still more sail to be set, and Bill was pulling and hauling, when he saw a shot come plump in among a party of prisoners. Three fell; the rest, in spite of the sentries, making a desperate rush, leapt down the ...
— From Powder Monkey to Admiral - A Story of Naval Adventure • W.H.G. Kingston


Words linked to "Plump in" :   arrive, get, come


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