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
In de fust place dere ain’t no smoke, an’ nex’ place de door’s shut fas’ an’ de window hole is bung up tight wid a vach-a-bikkie bush.
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan
After remaining a few weeks, rack off and bung up closely in clean casks.
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 F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
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 Eliza Leslie
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 Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
