Bundy

//ˈbʌn.di// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English.
  2. 2
    Diminutive of Bundaberg, a coastal city of Queensland. Australia, colloquial, diminutive, form-of

    "“You are coming out to Gayndah?” “Yes; when I′m trailing the lungfish.” “Hope I′ll see you there. Here′s Bundy. Good-bye.”"

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Bundaberg rum. Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, slang

    "Graeme looked sulkily into his grog cabinet at the hole where his Laphroig^([sic]) should have been. Couldn′t have flogged the bloody Grouse, or the Bundy, nah it had to be the friggen good stuff. Little bastard.[…]Madden's big blunt copper′s hand grabbed the Bundy. He sat and poured a heavy dose. Thieving little bastard."

Example

More examples

"“You are coming out to Gayndah?” “Yes; when I′m trailing the lungfish.” “Hope I′ll see you there. Here′s Bundy. Good-bye.”"

Etymology

From Bundaberg + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

Related phrases

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