See plop down on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1988 August 20, Rex Wockner, “Nobody Can Do It Like The USA”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 5:",
"text": "In surface America, it makes much more sense to slap a technical fix (mandatory [HIV] testing) on the \"problem\" and then not think about it anymore. That way we'll identify the pervert \"carriers,\" put them away somewhere and plop down back in front of the tube with our minds untroubled.",
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