† punketton.1
Obsolete.
A young prostitute. Cf. punkettee n.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > young or inexperienced
punketto1601
punkettee1612
punklinga1640
flapper1889
mystery1937
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. ii. sig. D3 To his Cocatrice or Punquetto; halfe a dozen Taffata gownes or Sattin Kirtles.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† punketton.2
Obsolete. rare.
A minute point or nicety of behaviour; = punctilio n. 1a.
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society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [noun] > point of honour > detailed
punto1584
punctilio1596
punctille1610
punctuality1621
punkettoa1625
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum > a detail of
punto1584
punctilio1596
punctille1610
punctuality1621
punkettoa1625
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddddddd2v/2 No more standing on your punctilio's and punketto's of honour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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- put the fox in charge of the henhouse
- put the frighteners in, on
- put the fritz on something
- put the frost on
- put the frost on something
- put the genie back in the bottle
- put the hard word on
- put the helm a-port
- put the helm aport
- put the hoodoo on
- put the indian sign on
- put the key under the door
- put the kibosh on
- put the knowledge of
- put the last hand to
- put the lid on
- put the lug on
- put the maginnis on
- put the make on
- put the miller's eye out
- put the mock on
- put the mocker on
- put the mockers on
- put the move on