gedunk
n.— «Ron Phelix, a sub vet from the Malone area, raved about the food on the USS Skipjack from 1960 to ‘64. He said they had “geeddunks,” a slang term for doughnuts and cinnamon buns, each night at midnight.» —“Sub grub was never gourmet” by Jim Kinney Saratogian (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) Sept. 16, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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