What does "punk" mean?
Punk: A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.
Additional senses
- 2.An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
- 3.A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obsoles.] Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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