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Bundy
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈbʌn.di/
en EN-AU ck1 Bundy.ogg AU
en ʌndi 2
Etymology 1
en
Proper noun
s ies
en Middle English.
Derived terms
en Al Bundy Kelly Bundy Bundy pipe Bundy tube
Etymology 2
en :af Bundaberg -y<id:diminutive><t:diminutive suffix> + 1
Alternative forms
Bundaberg rum en bundy
Proper noun
en Australia colloquial Diminutive of en Bundaberg, a coastal city of Queensland.
en 1947 Charles Barrett The Sunlit Land: Wanderings in Queensland 170 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kXsbAAAAIAAJ&q=%22bundy%22+queensland+-intitle:%22bundy%22+-inauthor:%22bundy%22&dq=%22bundy%22+queensland+-intitle:%22bundy%22+-inauthor:%22bundy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H_0TT-GTCsGDmQWvs_iACg&redir_esc=y “You are coming out to Gayndah?”“Yes; when I′m trailing the lungfish.”“Hope I′ll see you there. Here′s Bundy. Good-bye.”
en 1985 Sir James Killen Killen: Inside Australian Politics 24 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DZ0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA24&dq=%22bundy%22+queensland+-intitle:%22bundy%22+-inauthor:%22bundy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ggsUT7v0D4qziQersdBD&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bundy%22%20queensland%20-intitle%3A%22bundy%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bundy%22&f=false Bundaberg, a provincial city famous for its rum, had been Ted′s last seat in the State Parliament before his retirement. Ted rang me. ‘Will you do me a favour in Bundy?’ he asked. ‘Of course, what is it?’ I replied. ‘Tell them I am still diluting the milk.’
en 2010 Raymond D. Clements Aussie Rogue 211 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fx9tiAzryvcC&pg=PA211&dq=%22bundy%22+queensland+-intitle:%22bundy%22+-inauthor:%22bundy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8ggUT8uHHquZmQW-_fXhAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bundy%22%20queensland%20-intitle%3A%22bundy%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bundy%22&f=false There is a seaside town not far away from Bundy.
en Australia slang Abbreviation of Bundaberg rum.
en 1999 Melissa Lucashenko Hard Yards 80 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fXOVHkyziooC&pg=PA80&dq=%22bundy%22+queensland+-intitle:%22bundy%22+-inauthor:%22bundy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9P0TT8bSD6PBiQfohoiOCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Graeme looked sulkily into his grog cabinet at the hole where his Laphroig 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.
en 2005 John Williams The Fortunate Life of a Vindicatrix Boy 37 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=K_V5anVPLRsC&pg=PA37&dq=%22bundy%22+queensland+-intitle:%22bundy%22+-inauthor:%22bundy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3wkUT_OsOc6hiQe_ttRC&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bundy%22%20queensland%20-intitle%3A%22bundy%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bundy%22&f=false It was bloody hard work and bloody hot, so we drank gallons of bloody beer and bloody Bundaberg, in the good old bloody Queensland tradition. Enough, maybe, to wash away any bloody asbestos dust. Bloody Bundy with a bloody beer chaser, as we sweated and cursed and wondered why we were there.
en 2009 Claire Halliday Do You Want Sex With That? http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4M-sisrtHMwC&pg=PT152&dq=%22bundy%22+queensland+-intitle:%22bundy%22+-inauthor:%22bundy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lAoUT-apCO6aiAeoyblD&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bundy%22%20queensland%20-intitle%3A%22bundy%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bundy%22&f=false unnumbered He has also brought more Bundy and cola cans, and offers these to the women as he and his mates go about the men′s business of fixing the mechanical issues that stand in the way of the bight′s other men′s business - leering at strippers.
en 2011 Jacqueline George Falling Into Queensland 95 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=z4cgNUkcUrsC&pg=PA95&dq=%22bundy%22+queensland+-intitle:%22bundy%22+-inauthor:%22bundy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zvQTT-z8BouimQXWv6mBCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false “Fucking Bundy. Does it every time.”“Well, if you′ve been drinking that shit I′ve got no sympathy for you. Get up and I′ll give you a lift home. In the back.”
Synonyms
Bundaberg rum en Bundy rum