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Definition of Skunked
1. skunk [v] - See also: skunk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skunked
Literary usage of Skunked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents by Charles Warren Haskins (1890)
"... skunked—THE HYDRAULIC MINER—MIKE'S EXPLANATION. TO an old-timer who is socially
inclined, and I believe this is a trait of character peculiar to the ..."
2. The Reading Club and Handy Speaker: Being Selections in Prose and Poetry by George Melville Baker (1879)
"skunked 'em — what do you mean by that ? " " Oh, now I see," said the editor,
almost bursting into a roar of laughter at the look of intense relief which ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"The man was " skunked."—Paxton, ' A Stray Yankee in Texas,' p. 349. 1890 I never
told you, boys, how I got skunked out of a good claim, did I ? ..."
4. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
""Never wuz 'skunked,' wuz ye ?" says Wes, kindo' sud- dent-like, with a fur-off
... Never was 'skunked' myse'f: but I've saw fellers in my time 'at •wuz! ..."
5. Memoirs of the Life of Nathaniel Stacy, Preacher of the Gospel of Universal by Nathaniel Stacy (1850)
"But again I had no better success—she " skunked " me a second time. She was now
almost vexed—said I did not try—she would place the chequers again ; and I ..."
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