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  • 1off plumb — phrasal see out of plumb …

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  • 2off plumb — adverb see out of plumb …

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  • 3half a bubble off plumb — phr. giddy; crazy. □ She is acting about half a bubble off plumb. What is wrong with her? □ Tom is just half a bubble off plumb, but he is all heart …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 4out of or off plumb — idi out of or off plumb, not corresponding to the perpendicular; out of true …

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  • 5plumb — [plum] n. [ME plumbe < MFr plomb < L plumbum, LEAD2 < non IE source > Gr molybdos] a lead weight (plumb bob) hung at the end of a line (plumb line), used to determine how deep water is or whether a wall, etc. is vertical adj.… …

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  • 6plumb — [[t]plʌm[/t]] n. 1) bui sur a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line Compare plumb line 2) true according to a plumb line; perpendicular 3)… …

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  • 7plumb — plumbable, adj. plumbless, adj. plumbness, n. /plum/, n. 1. a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Cf. plumb line. 2. out of or off plumb,… …

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  • 8Plumb (singer) — Plumb Birth name Tiffany Arbuckle Born March 9, 1975 (1975 03 09) (age 36) Origin Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Genres …

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  • 9plumb — Synonyms and related words: T square, absolute, absolutely, accurately, all embracing, all encompassing, all out, all pervading, answer, aplomb, appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, at right angles, azimuth circle, bang, bar, barricade, batten,… …

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  • 10out of plumb — adverb or off plumb : out of the vertical : out of true * * * not exactly vertical the towers are inclined, from four to ten feet out of plumb …

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