SPUNK, noun [probably from punk.]
1. Touchwood; wood that readily takes fire. Hence,
2. Vulgarly, an inflammable temper; spirit; as a man of spunk Ill natured observations touched his spunk [Low.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.