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plew¹

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From Canadian French, from French poilu (“hairy”). Doublet of poilu.

noun plews

  1. Canada, US beaver pelt The cured "plew" of the adult beaver weighed about a pound and a half and at best would fetch from four to six dollars a pound at the mountain rendezvous

plew²

noun plews

  1. alternative, dialectal, obsolete Alternative form of plough

Plew³

proper noun Plews

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States.

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plew. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/plew

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@misc{plew_2026,
  title = {plew},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plew},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}