Plonked

The other issue that Anna hasn't thought about is that although these appliances can be installed by semi-skilled workers, "plonked" as its called - they have to be actually commissioned by tradespeople. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He plonked down beside me on a cushion and sat watching the screen with great attention. ❋ Patrick Cockburn (2011)

Relaunching at the vastly underused Rocket, plonked in the middle of London's endearingly shabby Holloway Road, reliable rockabilly hoedown the Hillbilly Hop is shooting back on the scene with one mighty bang. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The world of Big Brother, of ITV2 ways to Essex, of ordinary cash plonked on ordinary counters by ordinary punters, seemed far over the rainbow of lofty ambition. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He grabbed Andy by the arm and plonked him in a chair, pointed at me to get my camera ready, then grabbed a huge Inca headdress, dramatically placing it on Andy's head. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This was a stew of beans, carrots and sausage on to which had been plonked lumps of pork belly and confit duck. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A National Trust secretary wrote in 1954 of the "vulgarity" of the Rothschild palace of Waddesdon, "artificially plonked on a pristine English landscape in all its horror". ❋ Simon Jenkins (2010)

Once I hit the Apple Store (memo to the Gold Coast City Council: you really need to build some footpaths in Robina pronto), I plonked myself in front of a MacBook and spent 45 minutes or so playing around with the different keyboard options. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I plonked myself down I realized, to my delight, that I rested next to William B. Johnson. ❋ Lydia Hughes (2011)

Any competitive fears are immediately soothed by the friendly atmosphere and plethora of interesting books that I nearly wrote "who" somehow look as if they have been chosen with love rather than plonked on the shelves for selling purposes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The problem is finding an effective middle order in subcontinental conditions and, despite Monty's protestations, the England batsmen were only in a "good place" on Mondaybecause they were not plonked down in front of a load of old pressmen trying to fathom out why they cannot score any runs. ❋ Unknown (2012)

"Although sometimes they're in the middle of nowhere, hundreds of kilometres from any coastal features, they have plonked themselves in the middle of a food hotspot," said Witt. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Once home, the unread books are plonked on to shelves "for later", which mysteriously never arrives. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As it was a fundamentalist "Christian" who farmed peanuts in Georgia was plucked off the land and plonked in the White House. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yet it's plonked between the vast, flat Rio de la Plata and the even vaster green plains of the pampas. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She plonked it on the table and continued to rummage. ❋ Alison Wells (2012)

I plonked him headfirst into a deep drift — which probably amounts to serious child abuse even though he thought it hilarious. on January 7, 2010 at 8: 43 am Krähwinkel. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

And he plonked his considerable girth in between me and the lecherous customer for the rest of the visit. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Clarke's press conference was interrupted so that a pint of Guinness could be plonked in front of him. ❋ Matt Dickinson (2011)