punkin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌŋkɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋkɪn

Noun

punkin (plural punkins)

1. (dialectal) Nonstandard form of pumpkin.
   • 1911, James Whitcomb Riley, When the Frost is on the Punkin:

     When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock […]

   • 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:

     There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”

Derived terms

• punkin chunkin

Anagrams

• pink 'un

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

punkin

1. genitive singular of punkki

Etymology 2

Noun

punkin

1. instructive plural of punkka