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Plunk v. t. (Chiefly Colloq.)

To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.

To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as, to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike.

To be a truant from (school). (Scot.)

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Etymology of 'Plunk'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Plunk" Quotes from Famous Books

... a fiddler-a cook and an oyster-shop. Anything! All sold for no fault; and warranted as sound as a roach. The honourable sheriff will gives titles-that functionary being present signifies his willingness-and every man purchasing is expected to have his shiners ready, so that he can plunk down cash in ten days. I need not recount the circumstances under which this property is offered for sale; it is enough to say that it is offered; but, let me say, gentlemen, to enlarge upon it would be painful to my feelings. I will ...

— Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter • F. Colburn Adams

... exceeding sinfulness of "playing for keeps." The little boys, in whose thumbs lingers the weakness of the arboreal ape, their ancestor, and who "poke" their marbles, drink in eagerly the doctrine that when you win a marble you ought to give it back, but the hard-eyed fellows, who can plunk it every time, sit there and let it go in one ear and out the other, there being a hole drilled through expressly for the purpose. What? Give up the ...

— Back Home • Eugene Wood

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