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- - punani
  - punch
  - punch-drunk
  - punch-up
  - punchbag
  - punchball
  - punchboard
  - punchbowl
  - punched card
  - punched tape
  - puncheon
  - Punchinello
  - punchline
  - punchy
  - puncta
  - punctate
  - punctilio
  - punctilious
  - punctual
  - punctuate
  - punctuated equilibrium
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
puncheon1 /ˈpʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n/

▶noun

1 a short post, especially one used for supporting the roof in a coal mine.

2 another term for punch2.

– origin ME: from OFr. poinchon, prob. based on L. punct-, pungere ‘puncture’; cf. pounce1.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
puncheon2 /ˈpʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n/

▶noun historical a large cask for liquids or other commodities, holding from 72 to 120 gallons.

– origin ME: from OFr. poinchon, of uncertain origin.

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