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punk Noun 1. a worthless person 2. a youth movement of the late 1970s, characterized by anti-Establishment slogans, short spiky hair, and the wearing of worthless articles such as safety pins for decoration 3. short for punk rock 4. a follower of the punk movement or of punk rock Adjective 1. relating to the punk youth movement of the late 1970s: a punk band 2. worthless or insignificant [origin unknown]
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| He was withered, and blind, and senile, gibbering and mowing like some huge ape as ever he turned and twisted, and twisted back again, the suspended head in the pungent smoke, and handful by handful added rotten punk of wood to the smudge fire. But don't forget to burn a few punk sticks in the joss house to the great god Mazuma from time to time. Until he was thirty he had been satisfied to class all poetry (except that of Mr George Cohan) under the general heading of punk. |
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