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

1. (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

night near the end of October observed in parts of South West England by the displaying of punkies

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.