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pung

American  
[puhng] / pʌŋ /

noun

Chiefly Eastern Canada and New England.
  1. a sleigh with a boxlike body.


pung British  
/ pʌŋ /

noun

  1. a horse-drawn sleigh with a boxlike body on runners

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

A woman was driving the long pung, bundled in furs, brandishing her whip, yelling shrilly to her dogs.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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 Hill, Grace Brooks

The pung slid on until the cut in the river-bank was reached.

From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor

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