pung

[ puhng ]

/ pʌŋ /

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noun Chiefly Eastern Canada and New England.

a sleigh with a boxlike body.

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Origin of pung

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

Words nearby pung

puncture weed, pundit, punditocracy, punditry, Pune, pung, punga, pungent, Punic, Punic Wars, punish

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How to use pung in a sentence

The motors had disappeared from our roads, and we went to the village in a pung, meeting other pungs on the way.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
Quickly and as carefully as possible they lifted him into the pung, covered him with a warm robe, and then sped back to the cabin.
The Fourth Watch|H. A. Cody
An hour later an old, lean horse fastened to a homemade pung was wending its way slowly along the road leading to the river.
The Fourth Watch|H. A. Cody
She and Sammy, the home-made pung and the old lean mare plodding onward, were inseparably connected with the parish of Glendow.
The Fourth Watch|H. A. Cody

A big sleigh—we call it a "pung" up there—was being driven through the streets by an old man who looked like Santa Claus.
Moody's Stories|Dwight Lyman Moody

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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