plonked

• “The other issue that Anna hasn't thought about is that although these appliances can be installed by semi-skilled workers, "plonked" as its called - they have to be actually commissioned by tradespeople.”

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• “Once I hit the Apple Store (memo to the Gold Coast City Council: you really need to build some footpaths in Robina pronto), I plonked myself in front of a MacBook and spent 45 minutes or so playing around with the different keyboard options.”

  My Quest For The Mac’s Keyboard Shortcut Soul | Lifehacker Australia

• “And he plonked his considerable girth in between me and the lecherous customer for the rest of the visit.”

  Bosses I Have Known « Tales from the Reading Room

• “Yet it's plonked between the vast, flat Rio de la Plata and the even vaster green plains of the pampas.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Buenos Aires

• “He plonked down beside me on a cushion and sat watching the screen with great attention.”

  Simon & Schuster: Henry’s Demons

• “When I plonked myself down I realized, to my delight, that I rested next to William B. Johnson.”

  The Huffington Post: Lydia Hughes: A Drumadic Time in New York With William B. Johnson

• “Once home, the unread books are plonked on to shelves "for later", which mysteriously never arrives.”

  The Guardian: Trudie, the big issue is that you have six homes | Barbara Ellen

• “This was a stew of beans, carrots and sausage on to which had been plonked lumps of pork belly and confit duck.”

  The Guardian: Restaurant review: the Potted Pig

• “She plonked it on the table and continued to rummage.”

  Fictionaut: Unwritten

• “The world of Big Brother, of ITV2 ways to Essex, of ordinary cash plonked on ordinary counters by ordinary punters, seemed far over the rainbow of lofty ambition.”

  The Guardian: PCC reform needs input from redtops and mid-market newspapers

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