Bunkie
bunkmate.
Contemporary Examples
AbleNook designers offer alternative to disaster-relief tents and trailers Nina Strochlic August 17, 2013
The Woman Who Saved Solomon Guy Walters October 19, 2013
The Woman Who Saved Solomon Guy Walters October 19, 2013
Historical Examples
Tutors’ Lane Wilmarth Lewis
Uncle Sam’s Boys as Sergeants H. Irving Hancock
Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army Augustus Meyers
Uncle Sam’s Boys as Lieutenants H. Irving Hancock
At Plattsburg Allen French
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos
Manual of Military Training James A. Moss
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a built-in platform bed, as on a ship. Informal. any bed. a cabin used for sleeping quarters, as in a summer camp; bunkhouse. a trough for feeding cattle. Informal. to occupy a bunk or any sleeping quarters: Joe and Bill bunked together at camp. to provide with a place to sleep. to bump. to absent […]
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a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
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insincere speechmaking by a politician intended merely to please local constituents. insincere talk; claptrap; humbug. Historical Examples The Attache Thomas Chandler Haliburton The Hero William Somerset Maugham The Sorcery Club Elliott O’Donnell Egyptian Birds Charles Whymper The Puddleford Papers, H. H. Riley The Attache Thomas Chandler Haliburton Beauchamp’s Career, Complete George Meredith Command William McFee […]
- Bunn
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- Bunny
Informal. a rabbit, especially a small or young one. Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a pretty, appealing, or alluring young woman, often one ostensibly engaged in a sport or similar activity: beach bunny; ski bunny. Chiefly British. a squirrel. Australian and New Zealand Slang. a person imposed upon or made a fool of; victim. designed […]