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
Then Uncle Ned he sed: "Johnny, was that the punkin vine wich your bed once had a bizness connection with?"
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
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
Then he goes out, gits into his Pullman section, blows his punkin whistle and departs.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor
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