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  • There's the honk, a ringing, two-note herr-onk; the moan, which is the guttural herr at the front end of the honk; and the cluck, or high-pitched onk at the back end.

    Good Goose Calls: More than a Honk! 2008

  • I dont have any onk in my printer so im email my paper 2 U.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Seeking Solace 2007

  • I dont have any onk in my printer so im email my paper 2 U.

    This Little Piggy Needs to Go to the Office Supply Store Seeking Solace 2007

  • The person in charge of the scripting and I won't identify him other than to say it wasn't producers Joe Ruby or Ken Spears insisted Mork's trademark "arr-arr-arr" sound was really "onk-onk-onk" and changed all the scripts accordingly.

    More Evil Than The Shark Jaime J. Weinman 2006

  • The Nga – wa – onk, or throwing stick is from twenty to twenty – six inches in length, and is of a very similar character throughout the continent, varying a little in width or shape according to the fashion of particular districts.

    An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre 2004

  • But then I came across a painting, which consisted of blue onk blots spread on a white canvas, looking like a map of some islands in an ocean.

    FallNews - anecdotes 1999

  • The brahminy ducks, which during the winter months were scattered in twos and threes over the lakes and rivers of Northern India, collect into flocks that migrate, one by one, to cooler climes, so that, by the end of the first week in May, the _a-onk_ of these birds is no longer heard.

    A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

  • Mr. Peacock, the gentleman of leisure, could do nothing more than his frightful "ne-onk!" which made everybody shiver more than a saw-file would.

    Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Edward Eggleston 1869

  • Daddy Longlegs crowed hoarsely his delight, the peacock tried his musical powers by shouting Ne-onk! ne-onk! and Duck Waddler quacked away more ridiculously than ever.

    Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Edward Eggleston 1869

  • This set the barn-yard in a roar, and the peacock shouted his applause in a loud "ne-onk!"

    Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Edward Eggleston 1869

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