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Definition of Plonked
1. plonk [v] - See also: plonk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plonked
Literary usage of Plonked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"In a trial at Dewsbury, June 25, 1874, a witness said, ' There were three fighting
when you plonked Wells in the face.' Plonk is a variation of plump and ..."
2. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1904)
"... may be safely plonked ; and happy will that reader be whose mind is disposed,
hy his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his non-conformity. ..."
3. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"It would consist of timbers 14 inches in dimension at the bottom, decreased to
8 inches at the top, placed 4 feet apart across stream, and plonked ..."
4. Droog Design: Spirit of the Nineties by Renny Ramakers, Gijs Bakker (1998)
"Without further ado, curatorship was unceremoniously removed from its smug museum
context and the cultural body of ideas plonked down elsewhere; ..."
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