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plummy

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plum·my  (plm)
adj. plum·mi·er, plum·mi·est
1.
a. Filled with plums.
b. Smelling or tasting of plums.
2. Choice; desirable: a plummy leading role; a plummy job.
3. Exceedingly or affectedly mellow and rich: a plummy voice.

plummy
Adjective
[-mier, -miest]
1. of, full of, or like plums: a red wine full of ripe plummy fruit
2. Brit informal (of a voice) deep, rich, and usually upper-class in manner: his plummy condescending voice
3. Brit informal desirable: they lived plummy lives in the hills of Tuscany
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Adj.1.plummy - very desirable; "a plummy leading role"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
desirable - worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job"; "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable outcome"
2.plummy - (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice"
affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

plummy
adjective (of a voice) deep, posh (informal), chiefly Brit. refined, upper-class, fruity, resonant

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A warm plummy odor filled the whole house, for Priscilla was cooking in the kitchen.
I may get into a scrape for telling, but I didn't promise not to, so I will, for I never feel easy in my mind till I've told you any plummy bit of news I get.
Let 's club together, and have a revel," said Kate, producing a bag of oranges, and several big, plummy buns.
 
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