bundy

plural bundies

1. A tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx

plural bundies

1. AustraliaA time clock.

plural Bundys · plural Bundies

1. A surname from Middle English.

alternative bundy

1. AustraliacolloquialdiminutiveDiminutive of Bundaberg, a coastal city of Queensland.

   There is a seaside town not far away from Bundy.

   2010, Raymond D. Clements, Aussie Rogue, page 211

   2 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.”

   1947, Charles Barrett, The Sunlit Land: Wanderings in Queensland, page 170

   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.’

   1985, Sir James Killen, Killen: Inside Australian Politics, page 24

2. AustraliaabbreviationslangAbbreviation of Bundaberg rum.

   “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.”

   2011, Jacqueline George, Falling Into Queensland, page 95

   3 more examples

   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.

   1999, Melissa Lucashenko, Hard Yards, page 80

   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.

   2005, John Williams, The Fortunate Life of a Vindicatrix Boy, page 37

   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.

   2009, Claire Halliday, Do You Want Sex With That?, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: Bundaberg rum