Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plain as salisbury

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: plain as sal-is-bury
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of plain as day.

British usage; Dated; Informal

Example Sentences

"‘Your chummage ticket,’ replied Mr. Roker; ‘you’re up to that?’ ‘Not quite,’ replied Mr. Pickwick, with a smile. ‘Why,’ said Mr. Roker, ‘it’s as plain as Salisbury. You’ll have a chummage ticket upon twenty-seven in the third, and them as is in the room will be your chums.’"
"If I can't show you I've come by them honestly, perhaps you'd rather not have them, though, if nicely cooked and dished up, I'll be bound they can be made to prove, as plain as Salisbury, that you've no more right to the estate — nor to the name of Kerr, for all that — than that gentleman yonder."

Etymology

Presumably a pun on Salisbury Plain, or perhaps in reference to the spire of Salisbury Cathedral, which can be seen at a distance.

Usage

British usage
Dated
Informal

Synonyms

plain as day

Questions

What does plain as salisbury mean?: Synonym of plain as day.
Where does plain as salisbury come from?: Presumably a pun on Salisbury Plain, or perhaps in reference to the spire of Salisbury Cathedral, which can be seen at a distance.

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