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splacknuck

noun
splack·​nuck | \ ˈsplakˌnək\
plural -s

Definition of splacknuck

: an odd or peculiar person or animal

History and Etymology for splacknuck

coined by Jonathan Swift †1745 English satirist as the name of an imaginary animal of approximately human size mentioned in his satire Gulliver's Travels (1726)

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