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punk ((n.))
Lumbering, Slang
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a person who relays the shouted signals of the hooktender to the donkey operator by blowing a whistle or operating an electric whistle (an occupation now largely displaced by electronic devices)
Quotations
1942
The punk! The useless, lazy streak--/ Ruins my ears with his whistle's squeak.
1953
I've been having my troubles of lately,
And it's all on account of my punk ;
He ran off with another hook-tender,
And took with him all of my junk.
And it's all on account of my punk ;
He ran off with another hook-tender,
And took with him all of my junk.