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
An' what's the greatest ingrejunce in punkin pies if it ain't eggs?
From The Brass Bound Box by Diantha W. Horne
You're gittin' peaky ez a sick kitten, an' saller ez a punkin; you'll be down with fevers an' agers nex'.
From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne
There, I don't think anybody'd say that punkin was burnt a-stewin!
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
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