pung

[ puhng ]

/ pʌŋ /

noun Chiefly Eastern Canada and New England.

a sleigh with a boxlike body.

Nearby words

puncture wound, pundit, punditocracy, punditry, pune, pung, punga, pungent, punic, punic wars, punish

Origin of pung

1815–25, Americanism; short for tom-pung, ultimately < the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan

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Examples from the Web for pung

The man kicked the snow from his trousers and shoe-packs, and climbed into the pung again.
The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts
Hiram helped me into the pung, took his place beside me, and threw a conversational "huddup" to the rakish-looking sorrel colt.
Meadow Grass|Alice Brown
As he stood, he saw Jerry pulling the pung under a shed at the back of the barn.
Old Crow|Alice Brown
Robert went to the Green Dragon, put new straw in the pung, and was soon back with the team.
Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times|Charles Carleton Coffin

The frightened nag reared, and turning sharply about, tipped the pung, completely emptying it of passengers and freight.
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times|Amy Brooks

British Dictionary definitions for pung

pung

/ (pʌŋ) /

noun

Eastern US and Canadian a horse-drawn sleigh with a boxlike body on runners

Word Origin for pung

C19: shortened from Algonquian tom-pung; compare toboggan

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