Definition of Poonce

1. an effeminate man [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poonce

pooling of interest
poolish
poolishes
poolroom
poolrooms
pools
poolscape
poolscapes
poolside
poolsides
poolwater
poona kheera
poonac
poonacs
poonce (current term)
poonces
poons
poontangs

Literary usage of Poonce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1891)
"Angry feelings had arisen, and they were not poonce*" likely to be soothed by the knowledge that the pos- .";."". session of these duties would enable the ..."

2. Case and His Contempories: Or, The Canadian Itinerant's Memorial by John Carroll (1871)
"... were at the Sault of St. Marys, laboring night and day for the conversion of their heathen brethren. Their names are Wah-poonce, and Ke-zhe-koo-Nee-ne. ..."

3. Familiar Words, as Affecting the Conduct of England in 1855 by David Urquhart (1855)
"... early opportunity of declaring that the conditions have been broken; it is a cams belli; we poonce upon him, and there is an end. (Cheers. ..."

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