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plait

[pleyt, plat] / pleɪt, plæt /


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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

The moment finally came after riding hard and alone for 80 breathless kilometres, her French plait swinging in the cold autumnal breeze.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021

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

I would sooner plait my lower back hair than care enough about my natural brow bridge to remove it.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2017

She liked her Anya-Ivan-Håkon plait just the way it was.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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