How to Use plonk in a Sentence

plonk

noun
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  • The champagne house opened in 1882, in the Russian River Valley, and has been producing plonk ever since.
    — David Ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Of course the magnum (a double-size bottle) must be a wine of quality, not some supersize grocery-store plonk.
    — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
  • At that time white grapes made up the majority of the region’s plantings, but most of those were destined for distillation or simple plonk.
    — Fortune, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The embargoes have forced producers to make better plonk: European oenophiles are picky.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • When dusk would hit, those just off a long day of work could knock on the sturdy wooden shutter and throw down a couple of Florin for a generous pour of family plonk, passed over by a servant on the other side.
    — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Developers rip out protective mangrove swamps to plonk hotels by the water’s edge.
    — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Keg wine has a stigma to overcome: the kegging or bagging of wine has long been synonymous with large industrial estates selling their run-off plonk as a cheap addendum.
    — Jordan Michelman, latimes.com, 21 June 2019
  • These whiskey makers churned out dozens of different brands ranging from headache-inducing plonk to venerable greats such as Redbreast and Jameson.
    — Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Among whites, sauvignon blanc was the star, although chenin blanc, known locally as steen, was by far the most widely planted, having arrived in the 17th century with the earliest Cape settlers, who mainly used it to make cheap plonk and brandy.
    — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 23 June 2017
  • Among whites, sauvignon blanc was the star, although chenin blanc, known locally as steen, was by far the most widely planted, having arrived in the 17th century with the earliest Cape settlers, who mainly used it to make cheap plonk and brandy.
    — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 23 June 2017
  • Counterfeiters started obtaining empty bottles of expensive wine and filling them with plonk, and even created ersatz wine by mixing sugar water with artificial color and flavor.
    — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2013
  • The champagne house opened in 1882, in the Russian River Valley, and has been producing plonk ever since.
    — David Ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Of course the magnum (a double-size bottle) must be a wine of quality, not some supersize grocery-store plonk.
    — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
  • At that time white grapes made up the majority of the region’s plantings, but most of those were destined for distillation or simple plonk.
    — Fortune, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The embargoes have forced producers to make better plonk: European oenophiles are picky.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • When dusk would hit, those just off a long day of work could knock on the sturdy wooden shutter and throw down a couple of Florin for a generous pour of family plonk, passed over by a servant on the other side.
    — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Developers rip out protective mangrove swamps to plonk hotels by the water’s edge.
    — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Keg wine has a stigma to overcome: the kegging or bagging of wine has long been synonymous with large industrial estates selling their run-off plonk as a cheap addendum.
    — Jordan Michelman, latimes.com, 21 June 2019
  • These whiskey makers churned out dozens of different brands ranging from headache-inducing plonk to venerable greats such as Redbreast and Jameson.
    — Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Among whites, sauvignon blanc was the star, although chenin blanc, known locally as steen, was by far the most widely planted, having arrived in the 17th century with the earliest Cape settlers, who mainly used it to make cheap plonk and brandy.
    — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 23 June 2017
  • Among whites, sauvignon blanc was the star, although chenin blanc, known locally as steen, was by far the most widely planted, having arrived in the 17th century with the earliest Cape settlers, who mainly used it to make cheap plonk and brandy.
    — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 23 June 2017
  • Counterfeiters started obtaining empty bottles of expensive wine and filling them with plonk, and even created ersatz wine by mixing sugar water with artificial color and flavor.
    — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2013

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