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   Spunk , n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), spōn a chip.  Cf. Sponge, Punk.] [Written also sponk.]
   Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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   An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk. [Colloq.]
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   A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body.
   Prof. Wilson.
   
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