plum job
a wonderful job
TRANSLATION
plum job = Traumjob ---- How important is this English word? plum job: 135,000 Google Hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Peter Mandelson... busied himself with life on the backbenches and in his Hartlepool constituency when he first left the cabinet in 1998 but was brought back by Mr Blair less than a year later.
He then resigned again in 2001 but, once again, did not have to wait that long to be given another PLUM JOB by Tony Blair in 2004, this time as European Commissioner.
(BBC News - 3rd November 2005)
He then resigned again in 2001 but, once again, did not have to wait that long to be given another PLUM JOB by Tony Blair in 2004, this time as European Commissioner.
(BBC News - 3rd November 2005)
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plum
noun
1. a. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Prunus, bearing smooth-skinned, fleshy, edible fruit with a single hard-shelled stone that encloses the seed.
b. The fruit of any of these trees.
2. A raisin, when added to a pudding or cake.
3. A sugarplum.
4. A dark purple to deep reddish purple.
5. An especially desirable position, assignment, or reward: an ambassadorship granted as a political plum.
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Middle English, from Old English plume, from Vulgar Latin pruna, from neuter pl. of Latin prunum
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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noun
1. a. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Prunus, bearing smooth-skinned, fleshy, edible fruit with a single hard-shelled stone that encloses the seed.
b. The fruit of any of these trees.
2. A raisin, when added to a pudding or cake.
3. A sugarplum.
4. A dark purple to deep reddish purple.
5. An especially desirable position, assignment, or reward: an ambassadorship granted as a political plum.
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Middle English, from Old English plume, from Vulgar Latin pruna, from neuter pl. of Latin prunum
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
Say something like:
"Bill has just landed a plum job with the commission in Brussels."
