skunkie

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A form of skunk — Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black coat with white markings and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.

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Meanings

nounskunkie (plural skunkies)

plural skunkies

  1. childishdiminutiveDiminutive of skunk.

    "Here, skunkie, skunkie" coaxed Winkie in a shaking voice.

    1948, Dean Marshall, The Invisible Island, Junior Literary Guild, page 139
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    Finally, after much pressing, she said, "I tiptoe into the room quietly saying 'Good skunkie, good skunkie, don't spray me.'"

    1994, Forest Farmer, volume 53, Forest Farmer Association, page 21

    By this time Dad and I couldn't smell each other, much less a little skunkie. I got a bucket and followed him to the chicken house and leaned into that smokie, skunky smellin interior.

    2007, Pat Lorett, To-1944: Oklahoma Farm Life, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 310

Origin

From skunk + -ie.

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Translations

Dutch stinkdiertje
  • stinkdiertjediminutive of "skunk"
Cite this entry
APA

skunkie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skunkie

MLA

“skunkie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skunkie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skunkie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skunkie.

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