punk | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Punk
·noun A prostitute; a strumpet. II. Punk ·noun An artificial tinder. ·see <<Amadou>>, and <<Spunk>>...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
punk
Rotten wood; touchwood; spunk. A word in common use in New England, as well as in the other Northern...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
punk
The interior of an excrescence on the oak-tree; used as tinder, and better known as touch-wood. (See...

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