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Definition of Skunking
1. skunk [v] - See also: skunk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skunking
Literary usage of Skunking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"... with the détermination (to use their own word») of ' skunking it." As they
reached the fence, in sight of the Ma chine, and saw the rapid pace with ..."
2. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"... to the skunk in politics or college-life, who earns his name by disgraceful
deceit or dishonest acts, all of which are called skunking. ..."
3. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"... they could ul faster and better than any live Machines, started with cradle»
n hand, with the determination (lo uso their awn words) of * skunking it. ..."
4. The Chinese Repository edited by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Willaims (1850)
"The department of skunking lies in the fertile valleys of the Kialing river and
its tributaries, ..."
5. Indiana Historical Society Publications by Indiana Historical Society (1911)
"... playing a game of finance with the President and Congress, and "skunking" them
to a finish, ought to bring a "maiden blush" on Uncle Sam's phiz. ..."
6. The Pioneers of Morgan County: Memoirs of Noah J. Major by Noah J. Major (1915)
"One corporation playing a game of finance with the President and Congress,
and "skunking" them to a finish, ought to bring a "maiden blush" on Uncle Sam's ..."
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