subs. (political).—See PLATFORM.
Verb. (common).—To deposit: as money; to pay: also TO PLANK UP (or DOWN).
1843–4. HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Attaché [BARTLETT]. I’ve had to PLANK DOWN handsome. Ibid. ‘Why,’ says he, ‘shell out and PLANK DOWN a pile of dollars.’
1856. Southern and South-western Sketches, 163. Come PLANK UP the tin.
1886–96. MARSHALL, ‘Pomes’ from the Pink ’Un (‘The Merry Stumer’), 8. He PLANKED DOWN a stumer bob.
