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Plank   /plæŋk/   Listen
Plank

noun
1.
A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes.  Synonym: board.
2.
An endorsed policy in the platform of a political party.
verb
(past & past part. planked; pres. part. planking)
1.
Cover with planks.  Synonym: plank over.
2.
Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise.  Synonyms: flump, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down.  "He planked himself into the sofa"
3.
Cook and serve on a plank.  "Planked shad"



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"Plank" Quotes from Famous Books



... here whar I'se a-doin' de white folks' washin'," she said. "Jasper's done been powerful sick and I can't leave him by hisself none. I brung him out here in de shade so I could watch him and 'tend to him whilst I wuks. Jasper stepped on a old plank what had two rusty nails in it, and both of 'em went up in his foot a fur ways. I done driv dem nails plumb up to dey haids in de north side of a tree and put jimpson weed poultices on Jasper's foot, but it's still powerful ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration
... before he knew what was doing one of the planks, with a scissors-like opening and closing, was about his neck and clamped. Discovering his predicament, he set up a bull-roaring and dancing, till all had to back away to give him clear space for the flying ends of his plank. ...
— The Jacket (The Star-Rover) • Jack London
... had pricked up his ears on the sound of the bell, and now smiled a gratified smile, irresistible in infectiousness, and trotted out, and, with the smile dissolving into an expression of absolute beatitude, slid voluptuously down the plank: to be gathered in at the foot by an attendant and returned to its cage all ...
— Roving East and Roving West • E.V. Lucas
... the knife. His neck fitting into a hole, made for the purpose, in a cross plank, was shut down, by another plank above; exactly like the pillory. Immediately below him was a leathern bag. And into it ...
— Pictures from Italy • Charles Dickens
... be done at once, Mr. Strong ran to the boathouse, which was close at hand, and soon reappeared, carrying a long plank. He was followed by a boy with a rope, and several boys brought ...
— The Rover Boys In The Mountains • Arthur M. Winfield


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