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Quotation dates: 1880-1897
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†PLOSIBLE, adj. Also plowsible. Variant form of Eng. plausible. Sc. usage, of persons: agreeable, pleasant, friendly, likeable. Obs. in Eng.Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 26:
A' his forebears . . . war muckle stoor an' yet geud natired plosible folk.Ags. 1897 F. Mackenzie Sprays N. Pine iii.:
Be plowsable . . . an' share an' share alike.
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