Good wenches would not so rampe abrode ydelly, But keepe within doores, and plie their work earnestly, D ii 30 If one would speake with me that is a man likely, Ye shall have right good thanke to bring me worde quickly.
Dickens has made Mrs. General tell Amy Dorrit that the pretty plie is given to the lips by pronouncing the words “papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism.
Paphian Mimp=, a certain plie of the lips, considered needful for “the highly genteel.
Prunes and Prisms=, the words which give the lips the right plie of the highly aristocratic mouth, as Mrs. General tells Amy Dorrit.
The king somdiel hadde an Envie, And thoghte he wolde his wittes plie To sette som conclusioun, Which scholde be confusioun Unto this knyht, so that the name And of wisdom the hihe fame Toward himself he wolde winne.
The 4 day we departed from Cormatin to plie vp to Shamma, being not able to tary any longer vpon the coast for lacke of victuals, and specially of drinke.
Unu pomo plie aŭ malplie ne gravas = One apple more or less does not signify.
Good wenches would not so rampe abrode ydelly, But keepe within doores, and plie their work earnestly, If one would speake with me that is a man likely, Ye shall haue right good thanke to bring me worde quickly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
