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Florentino, a lone plainsmen, crosses paths with a man in a black hat and black cloak on a black horse — i.e., el Diablo himself.
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Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
For Murnane, for the plainsmen, this obviously apparent richness of the actual is a kind of poverty.
—Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2017
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Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
For Murnane, for the plainsmen, this obviously apparent richness of the actual is a kind of poverty.
—Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2017
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“Plainsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plainsman. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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plainsman
noun
plains·man
ˈplānz-mən 
: a person who lives on the plains
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