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Meaning of punger in English:

punger

(also ponger, pungur)

Pronunciation /ˈpʌŋɡə/

noun

dialect British, South East English, Scottish

  • The edible crab, Cancer pagurus.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Timothy Bright (d. 1615), physician and writer on shorthand. Origin unknown.