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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Funk

To be in a funk may be the Walloon “In de fonk zün,” literally to “be in the smoke.” Colloquially to be in a state of trepidation from uncertainty or apprehension of evil.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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