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pundigrion
† punˈdigrion Obs. rare. [app. related, either as earlier form or derivative, to pun n.1, q.v.] A pun, a quibble.1676 R. L'Estrange Counsellor Manner's Last Legacy xvi. (1710) 23 Quibble, pun, punnet, pundigrion, of which fifteen will not make up one single jest. [Cf. c 1680–90 W. Blundell in ‘Caval... Oxford English Dictionary
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punnet
▪ I. † punnet1 Obs. rare. [app. a dim. of pun n.1] ? A little pun.1676–1820 [see pundigrion].▪ II. punnet2 (ˈpʌnɪt) Also punnit. [Of obscure origin: perh. f. pun, dial. for pound n.1 + et.] a. A small round shallow chip basket, used chiefly for fruit or vegetables. Less correctly = pottle1 2. Now al... Oxford English Dictionary
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pun
▪ I. pun, n.1 (pʌn) Also 7–8 punn. [Appears first, with its cognate pun v.1, soon after 1660. Of unascertained origin: see Note below.] a. The use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more meanings or different associations, or the use of two or more words of the same or nearly the same soun... Oxford English Dictionary
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