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Gamboler Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

To ply on gold

This is the text (taken from the audio of an old American movie, 1948):

Last year some good business came through: the merger of the companies, quick stock deals, ply on gold... Furthermore, you sold the casino and bought some oil tracts... Now we can say you are a millionaire.

What does "ply on gold" mean in this context? Is there any difference between ply, speculate with, deal with, buy-and-sale, advantageous trading...?
  

Top answer

It should be "play" Last year some good business came through: the merger of the companies, quick stock deals, pl a y on gold .

— AlpheccaStars

  • It should be "play" Last year some good business came through: the merger of the companies, quick stock deals, pl a y on gold .
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It should be "play"

Last year some good business came through: the merger of the companies, quick stock deals, play on gold.
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Your opinion makes sense, AlpheccaStars, but I must say that Edward G. Robinson pronounces this word (ply or play) in the movie with an open "a" like in "car", not as the "a" in "fame". I've always thought that Americans pronounce the word "play" this way: p-l-a(like in "grape")-y. I've heard some Londoners who pronounce this "a" like in Spanish (open and long as it sounds in
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Ply does not fit the context. Play fits a context of gambling and betting.
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