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  • The officer, not having even taken the precaution to change his sword, found himself at once betrayed, but still had the presence of mind enough to say, "I am an officer, but am here incognito. the 18th Century version of "splunge" one would suppose ."

    The King's Birthday January 24, 1712 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • The officer, not having even taken the precaution to change his sword, found himself at once betrayed, but still had the presence of mind enough to say, "I am an officer, but am here incognito. the 18th Century version of "splunge" one would suppose ."

    Archive 2008-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • The first week of the regular season, played to a background of mumbles and chew, of ha-yah and yawp and a blazer-gun laser-shot of spit bouncing off the buffed black shoes of a player on the bench, a short grunt of splunge.

    To Honor Baseball's Return, Here's as Great an Opening Day Piece as You Will Find 2010

  • The old Bear falls _k-splunge_! clean to the ground

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Various 1887

  • But atter 'w'ile de news come dat dere wuz a pon' er water some'rs in de naberhood, w'ich ef dey'd git inter dey'd be wash off nice en w'ite, en den one un um, he fine de place en make er splunge inter de pon ', en come out w'ite ez a town gal.

    Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881

  • But atter 'w'ile de news come dat dere wuz a pon' er water some'rs in de naberhood, w'ich ef dey'd git inter dey'd be wash off nice en w'ite, en den one un um, he fine de place en make er splunge inter de pon ', en come out w'ite ez a town gal.

    Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878

  • "Wid dat Brer Wolf make ez ef he gwine 'way fum dar, un he wa'n't none too soon, needer,' kaze ole Mr. Bull splunge at 'im, en little mo' un he'd er nat'ally to '' im in two."

    Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878

  • Brer Fox he step off en duck hisse'f; den Brer Wolf duck hisse'f; en Brer B'ar he make a splunge en duck hisse'f; en, bless gracious, dey kick en splatter twel it look lak dey 'uz gwine ter slosh all de water outer de mill-pon'.

    Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878

  • "Wid dat Brer Wolf make ez ef he gwine 'way fum dar, en he wa'n't none too soon, needer,' kaze ole Mr. Bull splunge at 'im, en little mo' en he'd er nat'ally to '' im in two."

    Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

  • Brer Fox he step off en duck hisse'f; den Brer Wolf duck hisse'f; en Brer B'ar he make a splunge en duck hisse'f; en, bless gracious, dey kick en splatter twel it look lak dey 'uz gwine ter slosh all de water outer de mill-pon'.

    Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

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  • Larry: Right, you. The one in the middle, what do you think?

    Second Writer: (panic) Er... er...

    Larry: Come on!

    Second Writer: Splunge.

    Larry: Did he say splunge?

    First and Third Writers: Yes.

    Larry: What does splunge mean?

    Second Writer: It means ... it's a great-idea-but-possibly-not I'm-not-being-indecisive!

    Larry: Good. Right. .. (to third writer) What do you think?

    Third Writer: Er. Splunge?

    Larry: OK...

    First Writer: Yeah. Splunge for me too.

    December 2, 2006