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A caller wonders about the origin of gedunk or geedunk, which means “ice cream” or “a snack bar” where you might buy sweets. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Where Did the Navy Term “Gedunk” for a Snack Bar Come From?” Hello, you...
gedunk n.— «You possess one comic feature that is changing the habits of the nation. I refer to Harold Teen and his Gedunk sundae. I have two children, a boy and a girl, now of high school age, and I have spent many a painstaking hour teaching them...
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n.— «Not once did the gedunked part sever its connection with the ungedunked part and fall geplatsch into the coffee.» —“A Line O’ Type Or Two” Chicago Daily Tribune Jan. 21, 1925. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
geedunk n.— «You could pack any doubts about the wonderfulness of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus into a toy poodle’s knapsack and still have plenty of room for cotton candy and other spectator geedunks.» —“Circus!” by Richard...
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n.— «geedunk, naval term for dessert, candy, junk food, or a place to buy same.» —by Robert McKenna Dictionary of Nautical Literacy June 23, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)