plign.

Brit.

/plɪɡ/, U.S.

/plɪɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: polygamist n.

Etymology: Shortened < polygamist n.

U.S. slang (frequently depreciative).

A Mormon who practises or sanctions polygamy. Also more generally: a Mormon.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > one who

polygamist1637

plig1977

1977 Washington Post 8 Aug. a14 Many citizens in Utah show an uncomfortable dualism toward polygamists, derisively calling them ‘pligs’.

1978 Observer 12 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 33/4 Polygamy..has made a surprising comeback of late. ‘The Pligs are sprouting like weeds,’ said a county sheriff.

1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 1 Nov. c1 He inveigles his way into a Mormon community.., and talks to non-polygamous Mormon youths who drawl about ‘plig chicks’.

2002 Texas Monthly (Nexis) Aug. (Books section) 95 His short-lived retreat is interrupted when Mercy, one of the wives of a polygamist (a ‘plig’, in the glib shorthand of Utahans more accustomed to this practice than the rest of us), arrives on his doorstep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plig
释义	plign. Brit. /plɪɡ/, U.S. /plɪɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: polygamist n. Etymology: Shortened < polygamist n. U.S. slang (frequently depreciative). A Mormon who practises or sanctions polygamy. Also more generally: a Mormon. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > one who polygamist1637 plig1977 1977 Washington Post 8 Aug. a14 Many citizens in Utah show an uncomfortable dualism toward polygamists, derisively calling them ‘pligs’. 1978 Observer 12 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 33/4 Polygamy..has made a surprising comeback of late. ‘The Pligs are sprouting like weeds,’ said a county sheriff. 1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 1 Nov. c1 He inveigles his way into a Mormon community.., and talks to non-polygamous Mormon youths who drawl about ‘plig chicks’. 2002 Texas Monthly (Nexis) Aug. (Books section) 95 His short-lived retreat is interrupted when Mercy, one of the wives of a polygamist (a ‘plig’, in the glib shorthand of Utahans more accustomed to this practice than the rest of us), arrives on his doorstep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1977
随便看	teeth-brush teeth-chatter teeth-chattering teeth-dints teeth-edging teeth-filing teeth-gnasher teeth-gnashing teeth-grinding teeth-like teeth-mark teeth-plate teeth-pulps teeth-ridge teeth-watering teeth-wind teeth-work teeth-wound teethache teethbrush teethchatter teethchattering teethdints teethe teethed