skunkie

English

Etymology

skunk +‎ -ie

Noun

skunkie (plural skunkies)

1. (childish) Diminutive of skunk
   • 1948, Dean Marshall, The Invisible Island, Junior Literary Guild, page 139:

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

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

     Finally, after much pressing, she said, "I tiptoe into the room quietly saying 'Good skunkie, good skunkie, don't spray me.'"

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

     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.

Translations

diminutive of "skunk"

• Dutch: stinkdiertje (nl)