punkin
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Some tips on picking the perfect punkin for chunkin’.
From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2013
Gone be three years old in a few months, and pudgy as a punkin.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
“How d'ya like the punkin pie?” the older, Miss Belle, would ask.
From Working With the Working Woman by Parker, Cornelia Stratton
De Punkin-bug's got a punkin smell, De Squash-bug smells de wust; But de puffume of dat ole Bedbug, It's enough to make you bust.
From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Talley, Thomas Washington
I’m in no mood to be funny, you–you county-fair prize punkin!
From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
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