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plew

or plu

[ ploo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Older Use (in Western U.S. and Canada).

a beaver skin, especially one of prime quality.

plew

/ ��ː /

noun

(formerly in Canada) a beaver skin used as a standard unit of value in the fur trade

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of plew¹

1790–1800; < Canadian French pelu; French: noun use of pelu haired, hairy (now obsolete or dial.); poilu

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of plew¹

from Canadian French pelu (adj) hairy, from French poilu, from poil hair, from Latin pilus

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Garrison is survived by his mother, Mary Garrison; his siblings Lisa Wooley, Laura Plew and Jeff Garrison; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

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Distance learning in Fresno County last spring for Plew’s children meant an unreliable internet connection that kept booting Kenny, 14, out of class.

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Like a lot of rural communities, Weaverville in recent years has seen more people leaving than arriving, but it had a golden commodity Plew couldn’t find at home in Fresno County for her three children: open classrooms that promised a desk in front of a teacher.

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Poburko was speaking in a second-grade classroom where Plew’s son Stephen Bo was coloring and wearing a mask with dinosaurs on it.

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Plew, whose family had just started construction on their dream home in Fresno County, said her children have thrived in Weaverville.

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