pung
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pung
1815–25, short for tom-pung, ultimately < the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan
Example Sentences
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The NBA is pung players in a bubble at Disney World.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
Thus, if tiles used to " pung" or " chow" with are ivory, they will cost more to bring into the U. S. A. than would a set of tiles made of a cheap substance.
From Time Magazine Archive
A woman was driving the long pung, bundled in furs, brandishing her whip, yelling shrilly to her dogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Agnes was afraid Tom Jonah would be left too far behind and she begged Mr. Buckham to stop so that the old dog might leap into the pung and crouch at their feet in front.
From The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to by Grace Brooks Hill
The two-horse pung or single-horse pod, shod with steel shoes one inch thick, was closely packed with farm wealth—anything that a New England farm could produce that could be sold in a New England town.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
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