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
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You’re one of these saints that’ll live all your life by a punkin and never poke it with your finger.
From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
For the love of cats, Paul Jones, I am one large punkin head!
From The Auto Boys' Vacation by Braden, James A. (James Andrew)
If Peter’s spirits was to go down, things round here would flatten out worse than a rotten punkin when it’s dropped.”
From The Associate Hermits by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)
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