Punch
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Shortened from Punchinello.
Proper noun[edit]
Punch
- (British) A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.
- Any butterfly of genus Dodona.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
character of a puppet show
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Noun[edit]
Punch (plural Punches)
- Short for Suffolk Punch (“type of horse”).
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
- ‘And the Punches,’ said William. ‘There’s cattle! A Suffolk Punch, when he’s a good un, is worth his weight in gold. Did you ever breed any Suffolk Punches yourself, sir?’
- A butterfly of the genus Dodona.
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Variant of Points.
Proper noun[edit]
Punch (plural Punches)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Punch is the 19654th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1371 individuals. Punch is most common among White (64.55%) and Black/African American (31.8%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Punch and Judy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Punch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.