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Definition
strong smelling or tasting
or much more rarely: anything sharp, painful, or penetrating — physically or emotionally
or much more rarely: anything sharp, painful, or penetrating — physically or emotionally
- But already, the horseradish lady was sitting in front of Hassler's grinding away at her pungent roots.Chapter 6 (23% in)
- There was nothing—nothing but pungent darkness and something that grew and grew as it rushed at her.Chapter 27 (23% in)
There are no more uses of "pungent" in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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