funk
noun
cowering fear; state of great fright or terror.
funker
-
a word derived from
funk.
Example Sentences
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Of chilly fog I am no funker, I'll brave the very biggest bunker For Tee, Tee, only Tee!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 3, 1892 by Various
You'll have other opportunities for seeing whether I've got much of the funker in me.
From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Mrs. Campbell Praed
"Which, while they're still fast friends, was the last word ever passed between them on the subject of the funker and the balker."
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson
Of chilly fog I am no funker, I'll brave the very biggest bunker, For Tee, Tee, only Tee!
From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various
