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bung a stopper, esp of cork or rubber, for a cask, piece of laboratory glassware, etc. Bung experiences modified and extreme levels of want. [Br. Lit.: Sketches by Boz] See : Poverty How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the sparrow crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked at the bung of one of the casks till she loosened it; and than all the wine ran out, without the carter seeing it. Because those whalemen did not then, and do not now, try out their oil at sea as the Southern ships have always done; but cutting up the fresh blubber in small bits, thrust it through the bung holes of large casks, and carry it home in that manner; the shortness of the season in those Icy Seas, and the sudden and violent storms to which they are exposed, forbidding any other course. de Chagny put his two hands together underneath it and, with a last effort, I burst the bung. |
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