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Punkie Night en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpʌŋki ˌnaɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈpʌŋki ˌnaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpəŋ-/ (General-American)

Etymology

From punkie (“lantern similar to a jack-o’-lantern”) + night.

Meanings

  1. (England, South, West, qualifier:chiefly Somerset) A night near the end of October, related to Halloween, observed in parts of South West England by the displaying of punkies (“lanterns similar to jack-o'-lanterns”), and traditionally by children begging for candles for their punkies and threatening people who refuse their requests.