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Technically "plonk" is an onomatopoeia. However it's etymology may be related to the following information:
Fom WWI military slang, derived by alteration of French vin + blanc ("white wine") by the law of Hobson-Jobson. Recorded earliest in the playful rhyming slang form plinketty-plonk. Possibly influenced by the sound of wine being poured into a glass.
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