"ponk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɒŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ponk.wav Forms: ponks [plural]
Etymology: A false reading for pouke; see Puck. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ponk (plural ponks)
  1. (obsolete) A nocturnal evil spirit. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-ponk-en-noun-6HxCld-4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  ],
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      "expansion": "ponk (plural ponks)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion:",
          "text": "Ne let the ponk, nor other evil sprights, / Ne let mischievous witches with their charms […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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]:",
          "text": "Marrying a ponk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A nocturnal evil spirit."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "nocturnal",
          "nocturnal"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A nocturnal evil spirit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "A false reading for pouke; see Puck.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ponks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Pages with entries"
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          "evil",
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        ],
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      ],
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        "(obsolete) A nocturnal evil spirit."
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        "obsolete"
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}

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