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plain_as_a_pikestaff
plain as a pikestaff
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plain as a pikestaff (not comparable)
- (simile) Extremely clear and plain to see.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
- --Don't you know he's dead? says Joe.
- --Paddy Dignam dead! says Alf.
- --Ay, says Joe.
- --Sure I'm after seeing him not five minutes ago, says Alf, as plain as a pikestaff.
- --Who's dead? says Bob Doran.
- --You saw his ghost then, says Joe, God between us and harm.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops