plonkon.
/ˈplɒŋkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈplɑŋkoʊ/, Australian English /ˈplɔŋkoʊ/ Australian colloquial.
An alcoholic; = wino n.1
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker > one addicted to specific drink
wino1915
smoke-hound1932
metho1933
pink-eye1945
rubby-dub1945
rubby1950
plonko1963
meths-drinker1968
1963 A. Marshall In Mine Own Heart 187 You end up a plonko with bells ringing in your head.
1987 People (Sydney) 31 May 71/2 They like a drink at the McWilliams' winery..but even the most dedicated plonko would have difficulty emptying this mammoth magnum.
2004 Geelong Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 13 Nov. 44 The word was associated with plonkos; unsavoury or unfortunate men who had a dependence on sixpenny dark—cheap port.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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