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Definition of Plunk down

1. Verb. Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. "There plunk down some children in the rocking chair"; "He planked himself into the sofa"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plunk Down

Literary usage of Plunk down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Modern English Verb-adverb Combination by Arthur Garfield Kennedy (1920)
"So, also, blow up and inflate, crumble up and disintegrate, eat up and consume, patch up and repair, plunk down and pay (money), raise up and resurrect, ..."

2. Genetics Testing in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications edited by Constance A. Morella (2001)
"Right now, if you decide you want a BRCA-1 mutation test and a BRCA-2 test—if you are a woman in a high-risk family, you are going to have to plunk down ..."

3. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups by Harvey Daniels (2002)
"And, hey: we are also trying to have our own families and children and lives outside of school—and maybe even plunk down in front of the tube once in a ..."

4. Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers by Teri S. Lesesne (2006)
"Tweens and teens will plunk down cold, hard cash for an issue of back-to-school fashions or new tricks for the skateboarding crowd faster than they will ..."

5. British Columbia by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"Talk to the staff to make sure you're up for it before you plunk down your credit card. Snowmobiling: In winter, try Outback Rentals, -a 604-932-2080, ..."

6. How to Attract and Hold an Audience: A Popular Treatise on the Nature by Joseph Berg Esenwein (1902)
"It is beginning at the wrong end to tell a man not to plunk down his feet with a thump, not to stand " pigeon-toed" or with feet pointed aggressively ..."

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