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spunk

[spuhngk] ,
–noun
1. pluck; spirit; mettle.
2. touchwood, tinder, or punk.

Origin:
1530–40; b. spark 1 and obs. funk spark, touchwood (c. D vonk, G Funke)


spunkless, adjective
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spunk   (spŭngk)   
n.  
  1. Informal Spirit; pluck.

  2. Punk, touchwood, or other tinder.

  3. Vulgar Slang Ejaculated semen.


[Scottish Gaelic spong, tinder, from Latin spongia, sponge; see sponge.]
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