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Punkie   Listen
noun
Punkie  n.  A minute biting fly of the genus Ceratopogon or allied genus of the family Chironomidae, found in swarms in various densely wooded or mountaneous regions. (U. S.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Punkie" Quotes from Famous Books



... sudden advent of a shower; and the shower drove about all the punkies and mosquitoes in the neighborhood under our roof for shelter. I never saw them more plentiful or worse. Jean gave in and varnished his pelt thoroughly with my "punkie dope," as he called it; but, too late: the mischief was done. And the second trial was worse to those youngsters than the first. More insects. More stubs and knots. Owing to these little annoyances, they arrived ...
— Woodcraft • George W. Sears



Words linked to "Punkie" :   no-see-um, punkey, family Ceratopogonidae, Ceratopogonidae, punky, gnat, biting midge



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