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1.
plek(ke
n.
Additional spellings:
plekke
19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A piece or patch of land; (b) a spot or speck; a spot or blemish as an outward sign of sin; (c) in surnames and place names [see Smith
PNElem.
2.67].
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