plait
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For the unaware, that classic acronym comes from the French phrase Répondez s'il vous plait.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2023
"When we saw the photo and she's sitting there with her plait and her doll she would say, 'I wonder who the other two girls are?',"
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2023
Sisters from El Salvador plait one another’s hair; men from Cameroon await an asylum hearing on the far side.
From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2019
She stood about four and a half feet tall and liked to keep her hair shoulder length, in a plait, her grandfather said.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2019
“It is a thin one. Why is your hair so beautiful, Jenny? I should have to plait about six of them together, to be as thick as one of mine. Shall I pull?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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