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plonk

UK/plɒŋk/ US/plɑŋk/ rare informal slang uk
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

the noise of something dropping (as into liquid)

verb

1.

set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

  • “He planked the money on the table”
  • “He planked himself into the sofa”
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Origin

From WWI military slang, derived by alteration of French vin blanc (“white wine”) by the law of Hobson-Jobson. Recorded earliest in the playful rhyming slang form plinketty-plonk. Possibly influenced by the sound of wine being poured into a glass.

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