A plummy leading role. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The radio announcer's plummy voice. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : a plummy part for a good actress. ,a plummy speaking voice. From Dictionary.com.
It's kind of plummy at times...though I don't think that's the issue other people have with it. From Wordnik.com. [Feminite de Bois] Reference
With these words he put down the dish, with the 'plummy' end of the pudding turned towards himself. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference
But she was no foghorn yesterday, as she introduced Gordon Brown at Labour's manifesto launch with has been described as a "plummy" accent. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Listings] Reference
'plummy' voice and adopts a 'Flashman' persona which isn't very edifying. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
K. is expecting easy money and a plummy assignment. From Wordnik.com. [12/10/2006 - 12/17/2006] Reference
The four sopranos together produced a decidedly plummy coloration. From Wordnik.com. [Rodney Punt: The Mortal Thoughts of Lady Macbeth: A Chamber Opera of Horrors at Fais Do-Do] Reference
J, you forgot that bloody kid, with his unbearable plummy warbling. From Wordnik.com. [Keeps Gettin Beta] Reference
Katharine Hepburn got that plummy accent at Bryn Mawr, not Barnard. From Wordnik.com. [Philadelphia to New York: Drop Dead] Reference
Therefore, this high-quality audio version with a plummy UK reader: perfect. From Wordnik.com. [Atlanta Nights Masterreading] Reference
It was deep plummy through to lilac colours and very fine through to very thick. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
You, as they say in all those plummy Edwardian books, have me at a disadvantage. From Wordnik.com. [Where now? Now here: nowhere] Reference
A British white guy – well dressed, plummy accent – asked me if I was British. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I also wonder if "the well dressed white guy with a plummy accent" really existed. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It smells like a figgy, plummy, sugar cane mash with just a touch of coconut on my skin. From Wordnik.com. [Byredo Pulp: Perfume Review] Reference
Bureaucrats in uniform awaiting plummy industry jobs need to be brought sharply to heel. From Wordnik.com. [CH-47D purchase closer] Reference
“I must apologise for my singular appearance,” he said in his most plummy Oxbridgian. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
Where's the automated talking cars with plummy British accents that give you dating tips?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Very bright and fresh up front, with green herbal notes that enliven the plush, plummy fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Napa] Reference
The Colonel mimicked the Captain's plummy voice, then he screamed at them in sudden vehemence. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Enemy]
Marked by aromas of red fruit and vanilla, it's a soft, almost plummy wine that's easy to drink. From Wordnik.com. [The Outrage of the Upsell] Reference
Her book is plummy with descriptions of love affairs, couched in prose that can only be her own. From Wordnik.com. [Mae in the Mirror, mirror. . .] Reference
"On the whole, I am inclined to agree with you," Alison replied, her voice plummy with satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix And Ashes]
Old, plummy tones, lazy, constant reminders of the Major years, how about digging up Stanley Baldwin?. From Wordnik.com. [Fisking the Shadow Cabinet Reshuffle] Reference
Grimes's once irresistibly plummy voice is frayed like a not particularly well-cared-for Aubusson rug. From Wordnik.com. [David Finkle: First-Nighter: Tammy Grimes Remains Unsinkable at The Metropolitan Room] Reference
His accent was the standard English of bygone radio announcers, slightly plummy and too good to be true. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Money]
In the glass today, the aromas had an odd blend of plummy red fruits and menthol while it tasted disjointed and tannic. From Wordnik.com. [A historic tasting Down Under – Bin 60A, Grange, Hill of Grace | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
They were a cracking bunch of wines and we each had our own favourite (mine was the plummy, soft and smooth Bellegrave). From Wordnik.com. [The Beauty of BYO] Reference
His aristocratic airs were a bit over the top: the parlor-snake languor; the plummy accent; the lank, slightly too-long hair. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
I took my eye off the street, fixed him with a condescending stare, and spoke down my nose in my most imperious of plummy tones. From Wordnik.com. [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]
He jammed the button in with his thumb and began to bellow into the speaker, adopting a plummy (and completely bogus) British accent. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
They don't come every day like parents and plain pudding; they're a sort of holiday relative with a plummy, Christmas flavor about them. From Wordnik.com. [A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother"] Reference
London Mark Hix made his name serving vols-au-vent and other fancy dishes to London ladies and other correct folk at the plummy Caprice. From Wordnik.com. [A Grand Tour of a Very British Empire] Reference
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