bindle

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bin·dle

[bin-dl]
noun Slang.
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.

Origin:
1895–1900; probably akin to bundle; uncertain if < dialectal source or < German Bündel
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exhilarated, excited
unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall, audacity, or nerve
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  • It's about bindle stiffs and tramps and a psychotic trainman named.
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Main Entry:  bindle
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo; a blanket roll
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Word Origin & History

bindle
"tramp's bundle," c.1900, perhaps from bundle or Scot. dial. bindle "cord or rope to bind things."
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bindle definition


  1. n.
    a packet or bundle; a hobo's pack. : Throw your bindle over yonder, and plunk your butt on that empty crate.
  2. n.
    a packet of drugs. (Drugs.) : She had a bindle of H. in her purse.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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