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Etymology 1

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Unknown; compareOld Englishbindele(a binding, a tying)[2] frombindan(to bind), andbundle. Additionally, comparemister frommaster.

Noun

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bindle (pluralbindles)

  1. (now Scotland)[2] Any givenlength ofcord,rope,twine, etc, used tobind something.[2]

Etymology 2

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The fronthobo carries abindle on the end of a stick.
Severalbindles ofcocaine

Probably a corruption ofbundle; perhaps influenced by the preceding wordbindle meaning "length of cord used to bind something".[1]

Noun

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bindle (pluralbindles)

  1. (US and Canada slang) Abundle carried by ahobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; ablanket roll.[1]
    • 2006, Cormac McCarthy,The Road, New York, N.Y.:Alfred A[braham] Knopf,→ISBN:
      [L]astly he made abindle in a plastic tarp of some cans of juice and cans of fruit and cans of vegetables[]
  2. (Canada, US, slang) Any bundle orpackage; specifically one containingnarcotics such ascocaine,heroin, ormorphine.[1]
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Terms derived from the sensea tramp’s bedding roll[1]
Translations
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tramp's or itinerant's bundle

References

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  1. 1.01.11.21.31.41.5bindle²” listed in theOxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
  2. 2.02.12.2ˈbindle¹” listed in theOxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

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