plonk

Example Sentences

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They continue to jointly own the chateau and vineyard, which produces 2 million bottles of rosé a year, and it's anything but plonk.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024

Afterward, schoolchildren were invited in to plonk around on a Steinway.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Actual wine was a pretty basic plonk at first, unornamented by comments about bouquet or terroir, so cheap and so plentiful that it was often poured free with restaurant meals.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

Parisians loved the free wine, even if Beaujolais - a light red wine that is just a few weeks or months old - struggles to overcome an image of being cheap plonk.

From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2021

Unlike Western cities, Tiwanaku had no markets—no bazaars full of shouting, bargaining, conniving entrepreneurs; no street displays of produce, pottery, and plonk; no jugglers and mimes trying to attract crowds; no pickpockets.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann