Meanings
- humorousSpoonerism of the plot thickens
"The thick plottens, Gilly," he observed in great good humor. "Decidedly, the thick plottens!"
1942, Vincent Starrett, "The Case of the Two Flutes", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, No.2, p.962 more examples
The thick plottens in the checker scandal. Our expert along those lines, whose monicker is thinly veiled, in the subscription to the appended document, evidently knows more than he is of a mind to spring at this time.
1909 February 3, “In the wake of the news: Weaving the net”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, page 12Meanwhile, the thick plottens. It involves renegade US Treasury agents, vast amounts of money, lots of gunplay, crashing and exploding planes and the capture of Hal by a gang of serious ne'er-do-wells [...]
1993 May 28, Bill Taylor, “Credibility left dangling in Rocky vs. Rockies”, in Toronto Daily Star, page C6
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