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Munt vs Lunt - What's the difference?

munt | lunt |

As nouns the difference between munt and lunt

is that munt is a black person, usually a man while lunt is a slow-burning match or torch.

As a verb munt

is (australia|slang) to vomit (usually while drunk).

munt

English

Etymology 1

Derived from umntu , Ndebele for a human being.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A black person, usually a man.
  • * 2006 , Geoffrey Nyarota, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman , Zebra Press, page 63:
    • Munt'' was a derogatory term used by the [Rhodesian] security forces to refer to blacks. I suspect its origin was the word ''umntu , Ndebele for a person or human being
    Zimbabwe English

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Australia, slang) To vomit (usually while drunk).
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    lunt

    English

    Noun

    (lunts)
  • A slow-burning match or torch.
  • * 1969 , Robert Nye, Tales I Told My Mother ,
    • Bent down and saw I was right. A lunt' up the bugger’s nose. A ' lunt ? said Doctor Copper. Almost as long as your left forefinger, yes, said his visitor. Still burning.
  • Smoke with flames, especially from a pipe.
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