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spunk

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spunk
spunk /spʌŋk/ noun [uncountable] informal
 Date: 1700-1800
 Origin: Probably from spunk __spark__ (16-19 centuries), from Scottish Gaelic spong __sponge, material for lighting fires__, from Latin spongia; sponge1
1. especially American English courage:
    She had a lot of spunk.
2. British English not polite semen