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plonk
noun- cheap wine AUSTRALIA, 1930
Alteration of French blanc, from vin blanc (white wine); occasionally used of other alcoholic drinks Ray Puxley, in Cockney Rabbit, 1992, endorses the case for rhyming slang “plink plonk”. - A bottle of cheap plonk. — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 70, 1954
- Beer’s the only drink fer a workin’ man. Whisky makes yer silly. An’ plonk’ll rot yer boots. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 50, 1957
- As it is, there’s still plonk and spirits on the shelves. — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 22, 1959
- I poured some plonk and we got down to it. — Harrison Biscuit, The Search for Savage Henry, p. 13, 1995
- [A] three-course meal washed down with five or six bottles of plonk. — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 91, 1999
- Home-made plonk! Plus a little extra something. — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 104, 2002
- alcohol, especially beer NEW ZEALAND
- — Louis S. Leland, A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary, p. 78, 1984
- a woman police constable UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 88, 1996
- [T]wo sergeants, a handful of us lads, and a couple of plonks–women police constables to the rest of the world. We’re plods, they’re plonks. — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 93, 2002
- the surreptitious wagering of a large amount of money AUSTRALIA
- “Must be one big plonk,” he said. “Can anyone get in on it?” — Gerald Sweeney, The Plunge, p. 418, 1981
- “Bit of a plonk on your horse mate. Did you get the eleven-to-four they bet out the back?” — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 64, 1988
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 63, 1989
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