Definition of "plie" [plie]

• Alternative spelling of plié. (noun)

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• "Straight his own month grew wider as hi And now himself he views with like snrpi Still at bis oar the 'industrious Libya plie But as he plie*, each busy arm shrinks in And by degrees is fashion'd to a fin:"
• "And you thought a plie was a simple bend at the knees!"
• "General Burgoyne, in _The Heiress_, makes Lady Emily tell Miss Alscrip that the magic words are “nimini pimini;” and that if she will stand before her mirror and pronounce these words repeatedly, she cannot fail to give her lips that happy plie which is known as the “Paphian mimp.”"