skeleton

[redglenys]

14a drunkard- came back for ols plonk [3] s?t

[sir.prize]

set

[bookbinder]

sot

[bookbinder]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sot

[ironmonger]

SET is correct

[redglenys]

thank you both I thought it was sot but was not sure

[redglenys]

can you tell me how it is set

[puzzlesRus]

it's sot but with 'O' (old) replaced by 'E' (back or last letter of the word 'came'). Therefore the answer is SET

[puzzlesRus]

I should have added that to plonk something down is to SET something down