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Meaning of the thick plottens | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

Spoonerism of the plot thickens

humorous

Examples

“The thick plottens in the checker scandal. Our expert along those lines, whose monicker is thinly veiled, in the subscription to the appended document, evidently knows more than he is of a mind to spring at this time.”
“"The thick plottens, Gilly," he observed in great good humor. "Decidedly, the thick plottens!"”
“Meanwhile, the thick plottens. It involves renegade US Treasury agents, vast amounts of money, lots of gunplay, crashing and exploding planes and the capture of Hal by a gang of serious ne'er-do-wells [...]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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