plum

noun

1. The fruit and its tree.
2. The fruit and its tree.
3. The fruit and its tree.
4. The fruit and its tree.
5. The fruit and its tree.
6. The fruit and its tree.
7. The fruit and its tree.
8. The fruit and its tree.
9. The fruit and its tree.
10. The fruit and its tree.
11. The fruit and its tree.
12. The fruit and its tree.
13. The fruit and its tree.
14. The fruit and its tree.
15. (archaic)The fruit and its tree.

    ““Bright boy! here’s a plum for you,” and Polly threw a plump raisin into his mouth.”

    “Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie; he put in his thumb, and he took out a plum, and said, “What a good boy am I!””

16. (archaic)Extended senses.

    “He […] acquired a plentiful fortune, tho', to his infinite regret, he died before it amounted to a Plum […].”

17. Extended senses.

    “The mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay.”

    “Such chances as this do not fall to a man's lot twice; but Edmond Werdet relates a story very similar indeed, and where also the "plums" fell into the lap of a London dealer.”

    “As to Rev. Jerry [Falwell], he, of course, is "not anti-homosexual" but "anti-homosexuality." I guess that's his same bit of down home sophistry that explains that God listens to the prayers of Jews, if they are consciously praying to a Christian God, one of the Rev.'s latest dialectic plums.”

18. Extended senses.
19. (plural-normally, slang, vulgar)Extended senses.
20. (UK, derogatory)Extended senses.

adj

1. (comparable)Of a dark bluish-red colour.
2. (not-comparable)Choice; especially lavish or preferred.

   “She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.”

   “It is obviously a "plum" job, one distinction being that its motormen are granted an allowance of about 6s. [six shillings] towards the cost of Wagons-Lits food in the crew quarters of the train, [...]. Additionally, by the way, each man is allowed a quarter of a bottle of wine "on the house" per trip!”

3. Plumb.

adv

1. (not-comparable)Completely; utterly.

   “You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.”

verb

1. (transitive)To plumb.

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
2. (countable, uncountable)A place name:
3. (countable, uncountable)A place name:
4. (countable, uncountable)A place name:
5. (countable, uncountable)A place name: