I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
plum pudding
plum tomato
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
job
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He took over the £60,000-a-year plum job only three weeks ago.
pudding
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Two hours later we clatter down the stairs of a West End restaurant feeling like two plum puddings on legs.
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It's not excess of turkey and plum pudding that has been indigestible; it's the surfeit of news.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The contract is a plum for Browning and Co.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All varieties of plum , apple, and pear trees, grew in unison.
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An image that captures the dichotomy of possibilities in getting older is the plum versus the prune.
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Either plums or blackberries, not both.
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He said that wild plums were delicious.
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If plums are difficult to find or not.
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Rosy pinks, rich coppers and deep plums are the big fashion news.
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She walked across the scuffed floors toward the cupboard and pulled out several packages of tamarind candy and salted plums.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tomato
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Add the plum tomatoes and continue to saute for 4 minutes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And he will be rewarded with a plum chairmanship, probably the Environment and Public Works Committee.
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For me, it was a plum assignment.
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Neither Zeckendorf nor Soderberg dared to believe that such a plum deal would come to them, but they started discussions anyway.
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The good news was he had landed a plum job on the mortgage trading desk.