Spunk n.  [Written also sponk.]
  1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
  2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk. [Colloq.]
     A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body.   --Prof. Wilson.
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