noun

plum

plum, choice item, cushy job

This plum is sweet and juicy.

This plum is sweet and juicy.

She landed a plum job at the new company.

She landed a plum job at the new company.

((a/the ~)) a type of fruit This plum is sweet and juicy.

((a ~)) ((noun)) something very good and worth having She landed a plum job.

Synonyms (fruit): damson; Synonyms (desirable): choice, desirable, excellent

From Old English 'plume', from Latin 'prunum'.

The colour plum is named after the fruit. Imagine a rich, purple, desirable fruit, which helps remember its other meaning of something very good.

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