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  • Him's hurt hisself, him's tumbled, and the tiny t'unk is brokened, and somesing else is brokened.

    The Adventures of Herr Baby 1908

  • It's one of those terms which is most often accompanied by the irritating phrase "of obscure orig." or "origin unk."

    Butt naked M-mv 2004

  • It's one of those terms which is most often accompanied by the irritating phrase "of obscure orig." or "origin unk."

    Archive 2004-08-01 M-mv 2004

  • Source learned from a guard (name unk) that the PWs had volunteered to repair the bridge which had been damaged at both ends and on the superstructure by American air attacks.

    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT 1996

  • Source learned from a guard (name unk) that the PWs had volunteered to repair the bridge which had been damaged at both ends and on the superstructure by American air attacks.

    Storz, Ronald E. 1973

  • If he had said pumpkin I would have given him up - (laughter) - but when he said "punkin" with the Greek Aspirate on the "unk" - the way it is pronounced by all

    Salubrities I Have Met 1920

  • Say the last "unk" very quickly, so that it sounds like any name from Ab to Zinc.

    Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises Donald Ogden Stewart 1937

  • Say the last "unk" very quickly, so that it sounds like any name from Ab to Zinc.

    Perfect Behavior 1922

  • Pity Lindsay Lohan – how bad do things have to get for drug-addled, porn-addicted, wife-beater Charlie Sheen to feel the urge to proffer life advice, in this case to try to "control her impulses" or, as Sheen doubtless put it to the reporter: "Yraggh, ussssh, unk, gimme some crack, GRAARRR!"

    Idolising bad boys makes Charlies of us all | Barbara Ellen 2011

  • I am also afraid ot the unk and when I first hear he is leaving I do not take it well.

    The Ugly Truth - SpouseBUZZ 2009

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