Punkie Night

== English == === Etymology === From punkie (“lantern similar to a jack-o’-lantern”) + night. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʌŋki ˌnaɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpʌŋki ˌnaɪt/, /ˈpəŋ-/ Hyphenation: Punk‧ie Night === Proper noun === Punkie Night (South West England, chiefly Somerset) A night near the end of October, related to Halloween, observed in parts of South West England by the displaying of punkies (“lanterns similar to jack-o'-lanterns”), and traditionally by children begging for candles for their punkies and threatening people who refuse their requests. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Punkie Night on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Punkie night, n.” under “punkie, n.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020. “Punkie night, n.” under “punkie2, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.