'plane

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'plane (plural 'planes)

  1. Dated form of plane (airplane; aeroplane).
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 279:
      "It was a 'plane crash."
    • 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 246:
      Jargodin stood for a long time after the 'plane was out of sight.

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