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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1929
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DUNK, Duink, v., n.2 [dʌŋk, døŋk]
1. v. “To make a bumping movement up and down — spec. of a boat among waves when making small headway” (Ork. 1929 Marw., dunk; Ork.1 1940).Ork. 1929 Marw.:
If we had been sailing it would not have made me sick, but we lay just duinkan up an' doon.
2. n. A bump.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
What a dunk he got on his head when he fell!
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