skunkie

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English

Etymology

From skunk +‎ -ie.

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Noun

skunkie (plural skunkies)

  1. (childish) diminutive of skunk
    • 1948, Dean Marshall, The Invisible Island, Junior Literary Guild, page 139:
      "Here, skunkie, skunkie" coaxed Winkie in a shaking voice.
    • 1994, Forest Farmer, volume 53, Forest Farmer Association, page 21:
      Finally, after much pressing, she said, "I tiptoe into the room quietly saying 'Good skunkie, good skunkie, don't spray me.'"
    • 2007, Pat Lorett, To-1944: Oklahoma Farm Life, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 310:
      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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