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1. (n.) spunk
pluck; spirit; mettle.
2. spunk
tinder; touchwood; punk.
Etymology: (1530–40; obscurely akin to funk spark, touchwood, punk1)
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1. (noun) kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk
material for starting a fire
2. (noun) heart, mettle, nerve, spunk
the courage to carry on
"he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
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1. (noun) spunk
wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou
2. (noun) spunk
an inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk
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