Pitch the fork, to tell a pitiful tale.
Pitch the nob, [PRICK THE GARTER], which see.
Place, to name the first three horses in a race. This is the duty of the judge, who sees nothing of the race but the finish. Sometimes an official will place more than the first three, but this in no way interferes with the meaning of the word as generally received. To run “nowhere” is to be unplaced.
Place, first, second, or third position in a race. Sometimes a PLACE is called a “situation” or a “shop.”
Plant, a dodge, a preconcerted swindle; a position in the street to sell from. All bearings-up, bonnetings, and such like arrangements, are the results of preconcerted schemes or PLANTS.
Plant, to mark a person out for plunder or robbery; to conceal or hide money, &c.—Old Cant. In the sense of conceal, there is a similar word in Argot, PLANQUER.
Plant, a hidden store of money or variables. To “spring a PLANT” is to unearth another person’s hoard.
Platform, a standpoint in an argument, a statement of political or general opinion. “Home rule’s my PLATFORM!” Originally American, but now general.
Play, to strike for higher wages, to be out of work.—North.