ponk
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See also: pònk
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A false reading for pouke; see Puck.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pɒŋk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]ponk (plural ponks)
- (obsolete) A nocturnal evil spirit.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion:
- Ne let the ponk, nor other evil sprights, / Ne let mischievous witches with their charms […]
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Marrying a ponk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ponk m inan
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