plonko

English

Etymology

plonk +‎ -o. See also wino.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

plonko (plural plonkos)

1. (Australia, informal) someone addicted to cheap wine.
   • 1978, Bill Mollison, Coral Everitt, The Tasmanian Aborigines and their descendants:

     Then there's the mob of plonkos who sleep down at the dockside, less than 700 yards from the city's Town Hall.

Synonyms

• boozehound, wino; See also Thesaurus:drunkard