Plute
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pluːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plute is a noun meaning (colloquial, Australia, US) A plutocrat, especially a rich industrialist.
Meaning
(colloquial, Australia, US) A plutocrat, especially a rich industrialist.
Example Sentences
[…]but then the prostitutes of the plute press are always cunning flunkeys of the Most High.
1909, Western Federation of Miners, Miner′s Magazine, page 95, As a result, the plutes are in a panic.
Straight talk. No double-talking you like the plutes do, ’cause with them what you always have to be listening for is the opposite of what they say.
And they can′t export it, because, Australia bein′ a workin′ man′s paradise, which is better than it bein′ a paradise for Plutes, their cost of production is too high for competition with countries where labour is sweated.
Word Forms
- plutes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tycoonocrat, plumpie, plum, plumpy, plonker, plateroon.
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