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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Play  \Play\,  v.  t. 
 
  {To  play  hob},  to  play  the  part  of  a  mischievous  spirit;  to 
  work  mischief.  Plebs  \Plebs\  (pl[e^]bz),  n.  [L.  Cf 
  {Plebe}.] 
  1.  The  commonalty  of  ancient  Rome  who  were  citizens  without 
  the  usual  political  rights;  the  plebeians;  -- 
  distinguished  from  the  {patricians}. 
 
  2.  Hence  the  common  people;  the  populace;  --  construed  as  a 
  pl 




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