PLENTY A desirable condition that is likely to step out whenever Extravagance steps in.
PLUM A fruit that ripens and falls from the Political Tree—but only after careful grafting.
PLUMB To ascertain the capacity of.
PLUMBER One who ascertains the capacity of your purse, soaks you with a piece of lead and gets away with the money—a process vulgarly known as "a lead-pipe cinch."
POLE-CAT A small animal to be killed with a pole, the longer the pole the better.
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