[jQuery] find expression and removing from the page

[Dan B.]

So lets say I have this simple HTML structure someonwheres in my
document:


<ul id="bigul">
   <li id="placeholder">
       some text
  </li>
</ul>

and I want to remove the place holder.

I guess I'm trying something like this:

$find("#bigul>#placeholder).remove();

Is that some what on the right track?