ponk
See also: pònk
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Etymology edit
A false reading for pouke; see Puck.
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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
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ponk m inan
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.