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 Plei’ades (3 syl.)Pleydell (Mr. Paulus). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Plét
 
is a lash like a knout, but not made of raw hides. (Russian, pletu, a whip.)   1
 


 Plei’ades (3 syl.)Pleydell (Mr. Paulus). 

 
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