The 1,017 occurrences of spunk
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It was the fresh cats he used, the ones with spunk and spirit... until they lost all spunk and spirit or sickened and died.
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This Method they will sometimes practise now, when it has happen'd thro' rainy Weather, or some other Accident, that they have wet their Spunk, which is a sort of soft corky Substance, generally of a Cinnamon Colour, and grows in the concave part of an Oak, Hiccory, and several other Woods, being dug out with an Ax, and always kept by the Indians, instead of Tinder or Touch-wood, both which it exceeds.
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Show your spunk."
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Spunk is not everything.
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The moccasins and the white nightgown were the sum and substance of her apparel, and the cowpunchers stood up around the table to admire her spunk.
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"For a man who thinks of nothing but his vine-stocks and poles, he has some spunk," said Lousteau.
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'pon honour, you're a lad of spirit; some of your father's spunk in you, hey?
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Says I to him, says I: 'You-you-y-you ain't got spunk enough to be a fool,' I says, 'unless Laviny says you c-can be.
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I'll tell you, between ourselves and the ship's pump, that I sort of glory in the young chap's spunk."
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"A young greenhorn with the spunk to cruise single-handed right into the middle of the Come-Outer school and give an old bull whale like Eben the gaff is the man for my money," declared Zebedee.
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"Yup, I cal'late I have and I glory in his spunk."
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By the Almighty!" he added, in a sudden burst, "you've got more spunk than I have--yes, or anybody I ever come across.
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you want us to fire John Ellery out of this society--the best minister it ever had or ever will have--because he had the sense to get sweet on a good clean girl and the spunk to ask her to marry him.
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But he welcomed Jem at his house, as he would have done his father's son, whatever were his motives for coming; and now and then admitted the thought, that Mary might do worse, when her time came, than marry Jem Wilson, a steady workman at a good trade, a good son to his parents, and a fine manly spirited chap--at least when Mary was not by; for when she was present he watched her too closely, and too anxiously, to have much of what John Barton called "spunk" in him.
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Wonder if he's got his spunk with him?
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I don't know nothin' about his spunk, but I do know there's a woman with him.
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"She faced 'em all, and I gloried in her spunk.
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"I'm glad you've got that much spunk."
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You seem to have more spunk than you used to have."
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'Reckon they'll show spunk?' asked Belden, in order to keep up the conversation, for Malemute Kid already had the coffeepot on and was busily frying bacon and moose meat.
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A little spirit and "spunk" would go a great way towards setting the world right.
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"The Guinea didn't have the spunk of a louse.
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"Wait till they get dried out, and rested up, with more sleep, and their sores healed, and more flesh on their bones, and more spunk in their blood-then they won't stand for this driving.
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Yes; and the chickens have something of this same spunk of life in them.
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"A full belly puts the spunk back into you," I sneered.
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There appears to them too great a difference between the treatment of former colored cadets and that of myself, and the only way they are pleased to account for this difference is to say that my good treatment was due to want of "spunk," and even to fear, as some have said.
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Show your spunk, and let them see that you will fight.
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And 'twas ten minutes of twelve Saturday mornin', too, and there was eight men waitin' their turn in line, and nary one of them or Lute either had the spunk to ask Melissa to hurry.
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'But his spunk's soon out of him, I think,' continued the stranger, 'and that is like mony a man's courage, that thinks he wad do great things till he come to the proof.'
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What do your folk in the country think about the disturbances that are beginning to spunk out in the colonies?'
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SPULE-BLADE, shoulder blade, SPUNK, courage, fire: SPUNKS, matches.
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'Them women has got more spunk than I've got.'
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I've been meanin' it more and more ever since I first met you, but I ain't had the spunk to say it.
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"But his spunk's soon out of him, I think," continued the stranger, "and that is like mony a man's courage, that thinks he wad do great things."
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An' at that moment the Lord's ain hand out o' the heevens struck the Horror whaur it stood; the auld, deid, desecrated corp o' the witch-wife, sae lang keepit frae the grave and hirselled round by deils, lowed up like a brunstane spunk and fell in ashes to the grund; the thunder followed, peal on dirling peal, the rairing rain upon the back o' that; and Mr. Soulis lowped through the garden hedge, and ran, wi' skelloch upon skelloch, for the clachan.
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Coming without a servant at this time o' night!--Has the ostler ta'en the horse?--Ye may light a spunk o' fire in the red room."
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His ears and tail have generally been docked to suit the caprice of the unholy band of which he is a member; and if he has any spunk, he is invariably pitted against larger dogs in mortal combat.
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And these committees come around and tell you that we want to show the folks that we've got public spirit in our town, some spunk, some git-up to us.
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Better listen to science than to spunk."
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And if she wants to show ye off agin them city fellows ez she knows, and ye ain't got spunk enough to stand up and show off with her--why"--she turned her head impatiently, but he was gone.
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He remembered how he had floored Master Weeks, and he had just "spunk" enough left in him to try to repeat his former successful experiment an the new master.
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"You have a lot of spunk.
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But she had plenty of spunk, and told 'em to mind their own business.
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You - fellows - will - go - into - a - circus - tent - and - throw - tobacco - quids in - the - face - of - the - lion - in - the - cage - when - you - haven't - spunk enough - to - look - a woodchuck - in - the - eye - if - you - met - him - alone.
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But I must say I do have to admire their spunk."
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Better listen to science than to spunk."
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Better listen to science than to spunk."
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She's comin' down here to see you and talk the thing over, and I glory in her spunk."
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I think a heap of Mrs. Snow; it's only that I ain't got the spunk to ask her, that's all."
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it don't take much spunk," replied the successful wooer, forgetful of his own past trepidation.
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You ain't got any spunk anyway.
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You ain't got the spunk of a louse."
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He remembered how he had floored Master Weeks, and he had just "spunk" enough left in him to try to repeat his former successful experiment an the new master.
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Then he said, "No, I wouldn't ... but I'm darn glad he's got the spunk to WANT to do it.
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I--I've been trying to muster up spunk enough to do it myself, but--but I swan I couldn't.
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INTRODUCING SPUNK VIII.
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Imagine me and Spunk living there!
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Oh, by the way, you don't mind my bringing Spunk, do you?
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I hope you don't, for I couldn't live without Spunk, and he couldn't live with out me.
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"And this--er--'Spunk'; do you take him, too?
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I forgot Spunk," acknowledged Bertram.
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"Say, what in time is Spunk, do you suppose?"
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"Well, whatever he is, you will kindly keep Spunk down-stairs," said Cyril with decision.
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"Hm-m; well, judging by his name," murmured Bertram, apologetically, "it may be just possible that Spunk won't be easily controlled.
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Whether it's a dog, or a parrot, or--or a monkey, I shall expect you to keep Spunk down-stairs.
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Then he'll have Spunk, too," murmured Bertram, mischievously.
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"Spunk!" cried Kate.
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He wrote that he hoped we wouldn't mind his bringing Spunk with him."
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"Who's Spunk?
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We mustn't forget--Spunk."
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"What's Spunk?"
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I forgot Spunk.
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CHAPTER VII INTRODUCING SPUNK In the soft April twilight Cyril was playing a dreamy waltz when Bertram knocked, and pushed open the door.
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"Now when Spunk and I get to training--oh, and you haven't seen Spunk!" she interrupted herself suddenly.
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"There, ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you, Spunk."
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"And so that is Spunk!" choked Bertram.
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"This is Spunk."
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No one thought to ask if she cared to go up to her room, and during the entire fifteen minutes Billy sat on the floor with Spunk in her lap.
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Billy stood at her chair with Spunk in her arms.
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"A chair, please, I said, for Spunk, you know.
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Spunk always sits at the table right next to me."
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Of course Spunk is little, and makes mistakes sometimes.
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When Bertram, a little red of face, but very grave, entered, the dining-room a moment later, he found the family seated with Spunk snugly placed between Billy and a plainly disgusted and dismayed brother, Cyril.
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Even Spunk was not entirely happy--his efforts to investigate the table and its contents were too frequently curbed by his mistress for his unalloyed satisfaction.
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Bertram talked, indeed--but Bertram always talked; and very soon he and Billy had things pretty much to themselves--that is, with occasional interruptions caused by Spunk.
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Spunk had an inquisitive nose or paw for each new dish placed before his mistress; and Billy spent much time admonishing him.
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Billy said she was training him; that it was wonderful what training would do, and, of course, Spunk WAS little, now.
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Dinner was half over when there was a slight diversion created by Spunk's conclusion to get acquainted with the silent man at his left.
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Cyril, however, did not respond to Spunk's advances.
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Spunk is trying to say 'How do you do'?"
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And Spunk isn't a bit like those."
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And there was not one in the room at that moment who did not bless Spunk--for Spunk suddenly leaped to the table before him; and in the ensuing confusion his mistress quite forgot to question further concerning Mrs. Hartwell's stratum.
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There was some delay, even then, for Spunk had to be provided with sleeping quarters; and it was not without some hesitation that Billy finally placed the kitten in the reluctant hands of Pete, who had been hastily summoned.
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"Of course Billy's got Spunk, but--" he hesitated, and smiled a little.
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"Spunk.
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"Spunk is a cat."
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She even told Mrs. Hartwell at parting that little Kate was almost as nice as Spunk--which remark, oddly enough, did not appear to please Mrs. Hartwell to the extent that Billy thought that it would.
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How Spunk will like this room!"