plum
- noun
- /plʌm/
- Informal
- The director was thrilled to secure the plum role in the upcoming blockbuster film.
- a plum assignment
Examples
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"Eduard couldn't imagine why anyone would give up such a plum of a job.
Fiction book (2000) -
A longtime rival of Vilna'i, he had consistently been passed over for plum commands in favor of the tall paratrooper.
Academic text (1998) -
"Because I took another job, a plum job, the most desirable job in the television writing business," she said.
Fiction book (1999) -
Bobby, this is a plum gig.
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But you've got this plum job in romance.
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Of course, he could probably count on a plum cabinet position once Cunningham swept the election.
Fiction book (2002) -
Military rulers preserved these fiefdoms, offering plum jobs to officers to relieve counter-coup threats.
Academic text (2003) -
She was excited to receive the plum assignment of leading the new project team.
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Landing a plum position at the prestigious firm was a dream come true for him.
Synonyms
A job that pays money but needs little or no work
A job many people want because it pays well, gives good benefits or brings respect
A very good and rare chance you do not want to miss
Idioms
To make ripe fruit or other things fall from a tree by moving its branches quickly
Compounds
- UK
A rich steamed dessert with dried fruit and spices, often served at Christmas in Britain
A wild plum tree from eastern and central North America with red fruit and yellow flesh
- Informal
A job many people want because it pays well, gives good benefits or brings respect
- Archaic
A steamed or boiled sweet pudding made with dried fruit like raisins and currants
- Specialized
A small tree with large leaves and purplish-red fruit often planted in gardens
- US
A shrub that grows on the northeast coast and makes white flowers and purple fruit you can eat
- South African
A small edible red fruit like a plum that grows on a South African bush
- US
A tropical American shrub or small tree with edible fruit like a plum used in jams and desserts
A small dark purple plum or the tree that grows it with a tart taste often used for jam
A wild plum tree that grows in the northeastern United States and makes dark purple fruit with yellow flesh
- US
A wild plum tree in eastern and central North America that makes red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
- Specialized
A low evergreen shrub that grows in cool northern places and has small white flowers and soft white seeds
- US
A wild plum tree from eastern and central North America that makes red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
- Indian
A small tropical bush that makes a dense hedge and has deep red sour fruit
- South African
A large evergreen shrub from South Africa with shiny leaves, thorny branches, and red fruit used as a hedge
- South African
A small red fruit from a South African shrub that tastes sweet when ripe
- Specialized
A shrub from the Pacific coast of the United States that makes small red fruit that is not very sweet
- Specialized
An evergreen South American tree or shrub that makes small plum-like fruit
- Specialized
Evergreen shrubs and small trees from East Asia with seeds that look like plums and leaves like yew trees
- Specialized
An evergreen shrub or small tree with large seeds covered by soft flesh, often grown in gardens
- US
A small wild bush on the US west coast that has small red fruit often too bland to eat
How Desirable
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
A plum job comes from the fruit idea: a plum is sweet and special, so a 'plum' job is a very desirable or lucky position.