Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A meaningless term euphemistically substituted for ‘devil.’ ‘hell,’ etc.

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Examples

  • "Hi tunket!" exploded her cousin, expanding as he looked around on his surprised relatives.

    The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

  • "Hi tunket!" said the boy, the only person who did not attempt to discourage Janice in her thought of starting at once for the Border.

    The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

  • "Hi tunket!" he exploded when they came away from the Pullman coach to take possession of one of the sheds that Mr. Day's men had made habitable for the time being.

    The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

  • "Hi tunket! they can't without _I_ say so," her cousin flung back over his shoulder as he clattered on.

    The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

  • "Hi tunket! this flivver's wild enough, I should think," Marty declared, as the car skidded around a corner.

    The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

  • "Hi tunket! and you haven't eat nothing like it since," declared the boy warmly.

    The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

  • "Hi tunket!" exclaimed Marty, pushing back his chair from the supper table just as the outer door opened.

    How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

  • "It's a dumbed shame, Jabez! an 'I needed that flour like tunket," said

    Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Alice B. Emerson

  • "Hi tunket! you got a head on you, Janice, you have!" he said admiringly.

    The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

  • "Hi tunket!" he thought as he whizzed back toward Polktown.

    The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

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