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Definition of Punks
1. Noun. A youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes).
Definition of Punks
1. Noun. (plural of punk) ¹
2. Verb. (third-person singular of punk) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Punks
1. punk [n] - See also: punk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punks
Literary usage of Punks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"... Highgate, and Barnet coaches, and associating with "ostlers, pot-boys,
horse-jockeys, money-lenders, pawnbrokers, punks, and pugilists. ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... of those solid joys, Which sack creates; author of noise Among the roaring
punks and .... punks ..."
3. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"Natalie and Link were in that morning, along with some newcomers, Montreal street
punks trying their hand at something other than squeegee ..."
4. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1902)
"The punks liberate millions of minute spores, which germinate or sprout in some
old knothole, or, in the case of dead timber, on its surface, and grow into ..."
5. Pamphlets on Forest Protection (1915)
"Since-thai time the punks have been discharging from the pores on their under
... There is probably no external evidence of the disease except these punks. ..."
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