plonk


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plonk1 informal, chiefly Brit.
verb
  • 1 set down heavily or carelessly.
  • 2 play unskilfully on a keyboard or stringed musical instrument.
noun a sound as of something being set down heavily.
– origin C19 (orig. dial.): imitative; cf. plunk.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plonk2
noun Brit. informal cheap wine of inferior quality.
– origin 1930s (orig. Austral.): prob. an alt. of blanc in Fr. vin blanc ‘white wine’.
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