"pluckee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pluckees [plural]
Etymology: pluck + -ee Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pluck|ee}} pluck + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} pluckee (plural pluckees)
  1. One who is plucked, or from whom something is plucked.
    Sense id: en-pluckee-en-noun-5ptPHFNL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2006, Phil Wells, Try the Veal, page 63",
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          "ref": "2015, Emmett R. Dixon, Big Red Rocks, Little Red Devils: A Moab Story, page 41",
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