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skunkie

noun

Etymology

From skunk + -ie.

  1. derived from *šeka·kwa✻
  2. formed as skunkie — “skunk + -ie”

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of skunk.

    • "Here, skunkie, skunkie" coaxed Winkie in a shaking voice.
    • Finally, after much pressing, she said, "I tiptoe into the room quietly saying 'Good skunkie, good skunkie, don't spray me.'"
    • By this time Dad and I couldn't smell each other, much less a little skunkie. I got a bucket and followed him to the chicken house and leaned into that smokie, skunky smellin interior.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA