trunky

American  

[truhngk-ee] / ˈtrʌŋk i /

adjective

trunkier, trunkiest

1. Informal. (of a Mormon missionary) anxious to return home.

2. homesick, eager for a change of scene, or feeling an urge to travel; restless.

3. smelling like the interior of a travel trunk.

4. (of a person or a tree) having a thick or prominent torso or trunk.

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Example Sentences

“Indeed I did! Everyone, this is my wood-pecking pal, Trunktap. Now, Trunky, we need some tree resin, the really sticky stuff. Can you help us out?”

From Literature

The last day of school he always went home and found the house smelling trunky and Mother with piles of clothes folded on all the chairs, packing a Saratoga trunk.

From Project Gutenberg

My clothes all needed pressing—they had a peculiar trunky odor—even the tissue paper which I used in such abundance in my old-fashioned tray trunk had lost its life and crispness; I had gotten down to my last clean pair of long white gloves; everything I owned needed some sort of attention—I simply must go home!

From Project Gutenberg