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en plein

/ ɑ̃ plɛ̃ /

adjective

  1. (of a gambling bet) placed entirely on a single number, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of en plein1

from French: in full
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He began painting en plein air — outside — when he was a child and one of his art teachers took him and other students out of class to paint.

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The invention of tubes of paint, as well as faster drying paint and collapsible easels, allowed artists to explore faster, more spontaneous ways of painting, often outdoors 'en plein air'.

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Some of L.A.’s country clubs practiced the same exclusion en plein air.

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It was Katz, on Dodd’s first trip to Maine with King in 1951, who showed her how to paint en plein air, after which she abandoned working from drawings.

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For something more substantial, you have to leave en plein air to dine at the hotel’s new lobby restaurant Otium Grill & Greens.

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