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 Pliny’s Doves.Plon-plon. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Plith.
 
A piece of iron made hot and put into an iron box, to be held for punishment by a criminal. (See PLET.)   1
 


 Pliny’s Doves.Plon-plon. 

 
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