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Definition of Spunks
1. spunk [v] - See also: spunk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spunks
Literary usage of Spunks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sermons by Robert Bruce, Robert Wodrow, William Cunningham (1843)
"The second point is this, How prove I that thir spunks are not idle, ... The Spirit
of God in man's heart can not be idle, but thir spunks, in the mean time ..."
2. ...The American Boys' Handybook of Camp-lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter Beard (1920)
"Some spunks made as late as 1830 are considered rare enough to be carefully ...
The matches we use today are evolved from these old sulphur spunks. ..."
3. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg (1863)
"It then began to swear and to cut jokes, and only wanted spirit for a row. "
spunks—spunks—spunks—who will buy my spunks ?" cried an errant voice with a ..."
4. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1866)
"It then began to swear and to cut jokes, and only wanted spirit for a row. "
spunks—spunks—spunks—who will buy my spunks ? ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"... gust It then began to swear and to cut jokes, and only wanted spirit for a row.
" spunks—spunks— ... will buy my spunks ? ..."
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