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Definition of Bindle
1. Noun. (context: now Scots) Any given length of cord, rope, twine, etc, used to bind something. ¹
2. Noun. (US and Canada slang) A bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll. ¹
3. Noun. (US and Canada slang) Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bindle
1. a bundle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bindle
Literary usage of Bindle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. More T Leaves by Edward Francis Turner (1888)
"I was on board when bindle gave a picnic on his launch, because he asked self
and lady to go, ... bindle had asked a party which numbered, in all, sixteen. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"bindle, ». The cord or rope that binds any thing, whether made of hemp or of ...
Thus the rope, by which a cow is bound in her stall, is called a bindle, 8. ..."
3. Place-names of Scotland by James Brown Johnston (1903)
"... corruption of Sc. bindle; see bindle. DRYBRIDGE (Buckie). Cf Dryden, Roshin,
and DRYBURGH (St Boswells). Sic o. 1200; c. ..."
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