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  • noun Plural form of plumper.

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Examples

  • Drumsheugh was at first greatly exalted by his poll, and referred freely on market days to his "plumpers," but as time went on the irony of the situation laid hold upon him.

    Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878

  • "plumpers," and nose-machines advertised in the papers, faces will continue to be here and there somewhat Gothic, the wise thing for their owners is to accept them and think of other things, or console themselves before the unflattering mirror with the memory of those mortals who have been both quaint-looking and gifted.

    A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions 1903

  • Among them are cheek plumpers for women who had lost their teeth, false eyebrows made from mouse fur and patches to cover scars and spots. it featured in Vogue.

    New Exhibit Of Bust-Boosting Bra Dates Back To The 1800s | Impact Lab 2010

  • Moisturizers and toners and bronzers and plumpers.

    SUSPICION KATE BRIAN 2009

  • Moisturizers and toners and bronzers and plumpers.

    SUSPICION KATE BRIAN 2009

  • The perfect way to soothe those chocolate cravings without the calories! pajama mama - there is a definite tingle, but it wasn't the burning sensation I've experienced with other lip plumpers!

    Do my lips look plump? Anne-Marie 2007

  • Girls gots to have some meat on them, not saying I love the plumpers, although big girls need love too, but she has nothing on marilyn monroe.

    Marilyn Monroe Lindsay Lohan Playboy Magazine Offer 2008

  • A guy asked me what kind of dogs I had today and I told him and he said "more like plumpers".

    "He sees an opening right now to move the law toward what the conservative movement wants..." Ann Althouse 2007

  • Skin products are next but only after I use up the 10 years worth of Adrien Arpel cleansers, exfoliators, neck and decollettage creams, eye firmers, lip plumpers, etc. that I have mysteriously accumulated I'm certain that they're breeding in my cupboard.

    Dove soft-soaping mature women The Nag 2007

  • We are so uptight about sex and yet, we sell sex in the forms of toothpaste, automobiles, cell phones, lip plumpers and hamburger buns, but kick off planes women breastfeeding their infants for exposing themselves in indecent fashion.

    Tit for Tat 2006

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  • from Middlemarch, the political subplot. Short for "plumper votes," plumpers were votes for just one candidate, when the ballot asked them to choose 2.

    October 1, 2007