bung up
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City experts advised clients to sell shares following BP's admission over the weekend that the much vaunted "top kill" attempt to bung up the well had failed.
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2010
They only bung up the volcano; the best step is to cure the blood, otherwise it will break out somewhere else.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
Gurney read: "Aberdeen, Wash., June 3, 1916 "Alden P. Ricks "Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York "Joey arrived bung up and bilge free.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
Let it ferment a day or two; then bung up the cask, and you may bottle the beer the next day.
From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Leslie, Eliza
Leave it open until fermentation ceases, then bung up.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)
