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plum
noun- the testicle UK
From its shape and fruitfulness. One notable precursor to its unambiguous sense as a testicle is in the innuendo-laden song “Please Don’t Touch My Plums” by Sammy Cahn, 1913–93, written for the film The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, 1976, in which it was sung in a Golden Globe-winning performance by Goldie Hawn. - [A] foolhardy procedure that resulted in him smacking one plum square-on and cutting the other with broken glass — FHM, p. 250, June 2003
- a fool; used as a general term of abuse UK
From the previous sense. - Look you, plums–me an’ him’re in front of the Fraud Section this mornin’ because of you[.] — Alan Bleasdale, Boys From the Blackstuff, 1982
- Course he’s not, you plum, the squat man said, half laughing. — John King, White Trash, p. 148, 2001
- Some plum opens the door, looking at you like, “Er–can I help you?” — Julian Johnson, Urban Survival, p. 34, 2003
- an exceptional person or thing AUSTRALIA
- “I hear his wife is a plum,” Blaze said, kissing his fingers. — Kylie Tennant, The Honey Flow, p. 101, 1956
- “Is this good, by the way?” “An absolute plum, I reckon.” — John Wynnum, Jiggin’ in the Riggin’, p. 13, 1965
- There you are, gentlemen, here’s a real plum. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 93, 1979
- in marketing, a married man with above-average income who is keen to improve his pension UK
A specific sense of the general use of “plum” as “something desirable”. The opposite is a LEMON- — David Rowan, Glossary for the 90s, p. 106, 1998
- in pool, the plum-coloured four-ball US
- If you’re playing Nine-Ball and you’ve sunk the 1-, 2- and 3-balls, you’d best pick the plum. — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 23, 1990
- in pool, an easy shot US
- [I]t was an unnecessary shot, because Al really had plums all over the table[.] — Gilbert Sorrentino, Steelwork, p. 161, 1970
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