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Meaning of pungle | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/ˈpʌŋ.ɡəl/

Definitions

To pay or hand over; to shell out

Southwestern, US, regional

Examples

“I want my dues and must have them — wont be put off any longer — so "pungle down," and oblige”
“They have kicked the bully Miner ; they have ducked him in the ditch, but they can't make him pungle.”
“The clever fakir is all through our life; but I can imagine the keen enjoyment it must be to those fellows who gather crows on street corners—for they have brains—to watch the simple, open-mouthed gull pungle up his money, and buy his valueless stuff.”
“"The published sketch of the exterior of the proposed new Marion County Courthouse is a distinct disappointment to taxpayers pungling up the tax money for its construction," a second editorial read.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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