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pluckee

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English

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Etymology

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From pluck +‎ -ee.

Noun

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pluckee (plural pluckees)

  1. One who is plucked, or from whom something is plucked.
    • 2006, Phil Wells, Try the Veal, page 63:
      Of course, once the law was enforced there had to be twice as many people missing an eye, one for each plucker and one (of course) for each pluckee.
    • 2015, Emmett R. Dixon, Big Red Rocks, Little Red Devils: A Moab Story, page 41:
      It was always easier being the plucker than being the pluckee.