Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PUNK, n.1 The sound made by a fiddle-string being plucked, a Plink.Rxb. c.1734 Proc. Hawick Arch. Soc. (1913) 56:
A fiddle spring he'd let us hear, I think they ca'd it “Nidge-nod-near,” He'd gi' a punk, and look sae queer.
