Underplot

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Underplot \Un"der*plot`\, n.
     1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with
        the main story, and subservient to it. --Dryden.
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     2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. --Addison.


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