untrunk

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ trunk

Verb[edit]

untrunk (third-person singular simple present untrunks, present participle untrunking, simple past and past participle untrunked)

  1. To remove from a trunk.
    • 1907, Marion T. Davis Barton, An Experiment in Perfection, page 352:
      She went at once to the green room and untrunking her writing materials drew the lone chair up to the gable window.
    • 1948 May, The Rotarian, volume 72, number 5, page 44:
      Many authentic costumes were untrunked for the event.