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Look up: placket

  1. placket
    [n] - a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. placket
    a finished slit or opening in a garment for convenience in putting it on. Generally closed by means of a zipper, shaps, buttons, or other fastenings. Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Placket
    Plack'et noun [ French plaquer to lay or clap on. See Placard .] 1. A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl. 2. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt f...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/98

  4. placket
    1. A petticoat, especially. An under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. ... 2. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on. ... Synonym: placket hole. ... 3. A woman's pocket. ... Origin: F. Plaquer to lay or clap on. See Placard. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. placket
    noun a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Placket
    • (n.) The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole. • (n.) A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. • (n.) A woman`s pocket.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Placket
    Placket was Elizabethan English slang for the vagina.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. Placket
    Placket was Elizabethan English slang for the vagina.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. placket
    The piece of cloth that reinforces a split or opening in a garment; that usually also serves as the closure.
    Found on http://www.dressking.com/search/glossary

  10. Placket
    A `placket` is an opening in the upper part of trousers or skirts, or at the neck or sleeve of a garment.<ref name="Picken">Picken (1957), p. 254--> Plackets are almost always used to allow clothing to be put on or removed easily, but are sometimes used purely as a design element. Moder...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placket



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9 February 2012

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At 7.01pm on 9 February 1996, the IRA ended its 17-month ceasefire with a blast that rocked east London, injured more than 100 people, one critically, and thrust Northern Ireland back into political ferment. After one hour of shock and hectic checking with the security forces who, like the Government, were taken 'completely by surprise', Prime Minister John Major attacked the bombing as 'an appalling outrage'. He called upon Sinn Fein and the IRA to condemn unequivocally those who planted the bomb near South Quay railway station on the Isle of Dogs. read more

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