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Definition of Punners

1. punner [n] - See also: punner

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Punners

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Literary usage of Punners

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1. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1907)
"The powder is then rammed with iron disc-shaped punners, weighing about 10 Ibs., heated to prevent the adhesion of the powder. The punning or tamping should ..."

2. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1877)
"The whole is then filled in and carefully rammed with wooden punners. Some three years ago I laid down a short length of such a line, and before breaking it ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"... Total charges of the artillery for one year — — 1547 9 2 Bat in the 109 punners above mentioned, there are included lees tj che fallowing perfins, viz. ..."

4. Aspects of Child Life and Education by Granville Stanley Hall (1921)
"They hear fancied words in noises and sounds of nature and animals, and are persistent punners. As butterflies make butter or eat it or give it by squeezing ..."

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