plotline

plotline
plotline [plät′līn΄]
n.
a PLOT (n. 4) or subplot

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plot line or plot·line (plŏtʹlīn') n.
1. A literary or dramatic plot; a story line.
2. Dialogue essential to the development of a plot in a drama. Often used in the plural.

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