English Explanatory Dictionary

spunk-water

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of stump-water (“stagnant water from a hollow in a rotting tree stump”).

Word forms

spunk-water

Etymology

Regional variant of stump-water. Popularised by Mark Twain in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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