plain-Jane
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plain-Jane
(plān′jān′)adj.
Lacking adornment or pretension; basic or simple.
plain′-Jane′
or plain′-jane′,
adj.
simple; ordinary.
[1935–40]
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adj.
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Some of them are even borrowing the plain-Jane specs to click a selfie with them and become a part of this Twitter rage.
High school tennis star Jimmy "Dogg" Doggins and plain-jane Ivy Simmons are childhood friends turned rivals, competing for the title of Mudlick's Junior Mr.
As a young girl, Alex Hirschi drove a plain-Jane Mitsubishi for years.
But whether of fancy exotic wood or Plain-Jane synthetic, all Lasergrips offer the same features still keeping the company running hot, straight and normal since its inception.
muriel's WEDDING c5 11.05Pm Plain-jane Abba fan Toni Collette leaves behind her dull home town to flat share in Sydney with Rachel Griffiths.
1 For salad mixes, switch out plain-Jane romaine for baby Forellenschluss (it's speckled like a "trout's back" in German).
9PM Plain-jane Abba fan Toni Collette (above) leaves behind her boring home town to flat share in Sydney with vivacious Rachel Griffiths.
With the Pro service, users do get a lot of additional benefits over the plain-Jane free offering.
Bikinis and lingerie need not be the 'plain-jane' version.
You can be up and running instantly but what you actually end up with is a plain-jane, cookie cutter blog…not something you're going to start winning awards with anytime soon," said Ruth Whitehouse, Managing Director of Script-Setup.com
Things get interesting when Osborn leaves a computer disk containing a rough draft of the book at his gym, and fitness instructor Chad (Brad Pitt) and his plain-Jane colleague Linda (Frances McDormand) seek to profit from the discovery with an ill-devised blackmail plot.
A dozen-plus years ago, the answer woulda been simple: My plain-Jane 4" stainless Ruger GP-100, in .38 Spl/.357 Mag.
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