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Definition of Spunkier
1. spunky [adj] - See also: spunky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spunkier
Literary usage of Spunkier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1909)
"... excited the little girl that her curly brown hair was "spunkier" than ever.
She danced excitedly through the whole tedious performance of being dressed. ..."
2. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"(Sec also Spanish-American War. í spunkier, Edward, implicated in assassination
of President Lincoln, proceedings of trial and verdict of military ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"The old gentleman, instead of pitching into me, softened down considerably : '
Why,' said he, when I had got through, ' you are more spunkier than what I ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"The old gentleman, instead of pitching into me, softened down considerably : '
Why,' said he, when I had got through, ' you are more spunkier than what I ..."
5. The Assassination of President Lincoln: And the Trial of the Conspirators by David E. Herold, Benn Pitman (1865)
"... a horse from the stable, •nd, coming to the back door of the theater, called "
Ned Spangler " three times. When Booth first called spunkier, some person ..."
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