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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Act or sound of plunking. [Colloq.]

2. [Slang]

3. A large sum of money. [Obs.]

4. A dollar. [U. S.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.

2. To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as, to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike.

3. To be a truant from (school). [Scot.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To make a quick, hollow, metallic, or harsh sound, as by pulling hard on a taut string and quickly releasing it; of a raven, to croak.

2. To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump.

3. To play truant, or "hooky". [Scot.]

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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