Meaning of Plunk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
2. A surname.
3. A (heavy) blow or hit.
   informal
4. A dollar.
   US, archaic, obsolete, slang
5. A large sum of money.
   obsolete, rare, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“They listened and could hear the steady plunk, plunk of an axe somewhere far above them.”

“Den I gives him a five-plunk piece, and he gins me the shange.”

“Dere's a loidy here […] dat's got a necklace of jools what's wort' a hundred t'ousand plunks. Honest, boss. A hundred t'ousand plunks.”

A Gentleman of Leisure

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