Meanings
nounplonko (plural plonkos)
plural plonkos
- Australiainformalsomeone addicted to cheap wine.
Then there's the mob of plonkos who sleep down at the dockside, less than 700 yards from the city's Town Hall.
1978, Bill Mollison, Coral Everitt, The Tasmanian Aborigines and their descendantsSynonyms: boozehound, wino
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone addicted to cheap wine.
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Origin
From plonk + -o. See also wino.
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plonko. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plonko
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“plonko.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plonko. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plonko,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plonko.
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