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单词 ploddall
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ploddalln.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plod v.1, all adj.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < plod v.1 + all adj., after e.g. spend-all n., cockall n., etc.
Obsolete. rare.
(A name given to) a dull or commonplace person, a plodder.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] > one who perseveres > slowly and laboriously
plodder1584
ploddall1618
stick-at-it1902
1606 Wily Beguilde 9 Peter Plodall.]
1618 Owles Almanacke 35 Euery plaine Ploddall will haue a veluet neck-piece.
a1713 Grobiana's Nuptialls (MS Bodl. 30) f. 13 v Our Schollers..verie ploddalls of Art.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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