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
Only think—to have a feller to open your mouth, and put great slices of punkin pie and apple dumplings into it.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring
Well, there she was a-settin', comfortable as a hot punkin pie, and lookin' as if she owned the place.
From The Calico Cat by Thompson, Charles Miner
He was a notable survivor of the "good old days of the range," and openly resented the "punkin rollers" who were rapidly fencing all the lower meadows.
From They of the High Trails by Garland, Hamlin
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