pung

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pung

(pŭng)

n. New England

A low, one-horse box sleigh.

[Short for dialectal tom-pung, from an Algonquian language of southern New England.]

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pung

(pʌŋ)

(Automotive Engineering) Eastern US and Canadian a horse-drawn sleigh with a boxlike body on runners

[C19: shortened from Algonquian tom-pung; compare toboggan]

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pung

(pʌŋ)

n.

Chiefly Eastern Canada and New Eng. a sleigh with a boxlike body.

[1815–25, Amer.; short for tom-pung, ultimately < the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan]

pung

- Once the name for a one-horse sled or wagon.

See also related terms for sled.

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pung - a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners

sled, sledge, sleigh - a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

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And her cousins are coming over from Newbridge in a big pung sleigh to go to the Debating Club concert at the hall tomorrow night.

Then Diana's cousins, the Murrays from Newbridge, came; they all crowded into the big pung sleigh, among straw and furry robes.

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We boys will go home and get a pung and come back for you girls."

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The Council of Ministers on Friday issued two letters inviting Licadho president Pung Chhiv Kek and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut executive director Soeung Saran to the meeting under the theme of Microfinance and its Impact.

NGOs invited to discuss MFI report

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PH Philharmonic Orchestra plays in Bocaue's Pagoda festival

In another accident, a rashly driven bus hit to death a girl Atia Gull (13) and injured her father Khursheed and brother Abdullah at Pung Graien road.

Three killed, two injured in road accidents

Sitsiritsit, ating cu pung, matud, leron ndash and other old friends.

Black is the new black

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Pung Cholom dance gave a glimpse of colourful and vibrant culture of Meiteis and captured attention of the visitors.