bung
Example Sentences
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It is possible that in the event the DUP agrees to return to Stormont, the government may only provide an extra bung of cash if the parties agree to progress some revenue-raising measures.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2023
Lemish, like Kramer, is a diva, always ready to pull the bung from his emotions.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2020
Don’t bung them in with all your other laundry, that’s how they get irrevocably separated and, despite best intentions, post-wash pairing just doesn’t happen.
From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2019
They never knocked the bung out of the beer keg or danced a polka.
From Washington Post • May 20, 2019
With trembling lips she said, “And even if we had found the bung, we’d never’ve took it out! It was just a joke. We wouldn’t’ ve sunk it, never!”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
