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General Slang
geedunk
· noun · military
Candy, ice cream, or the little shop onboard where you buy them.
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Snacks, sweets, ice cream — the sugary stuff sailors live on at sea. By extension, the shipboard shop or canteen where you buy it. Underway, a trip to the geedunk is genuine entertainment.
“I'm hitting the geedunk before the next watch — anyone want anything?”
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geedunk In A Sentence
I'm hitting the geedunk before the next watch — anyone want anything?
Origin & Usage
US Navy slang since at least the 1920s. One theory points to the sound of a vending machine dropping a snack; another to the 1920s comic strip 'Harold Teen' which featured a soda shop called the Sugar Bowl that served sundaes called 'gedunks'.
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