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punk ((n.)) Lumbering, Slang

n. a person who relays the shouted signals of the hooktender to the donkey operator by blowing a whistle or operating an electric whistle (an occupation now largely displaced by electronic devices)
See also: hooktender whistle-punk
- 1942 The punk! The useless, lazy streak--/ Ruins my ears with his whistle's squeak.
- 1953 I've been having my troubles of lately,
  And it's all on account of my punk ;
  He ran off with another hook-tender,
  And took with him all of my junk.