bindle

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Etymology 1

Unknown; compare Old English bindele (“a binding, a tying”)[2] from bindan (“to bind”), and bundle. Additionally, compare mister from master.

Noun

bindle (plural bindles)

  1. (now Scotland)[2] Any given length of cord, rope, twine, etc, used to bind something.[2]

Etymology 2

The front hobo carries a bindle on the end of a stick.
Several bindles of cocaine

Probably a corruption of bundle; perhaps influenced by the preceding word bindle meaning "length of cord used to bind something".[1]

Noun

bindle (plural bindles)

  1. (US and Canada slang) A bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll.[1]
    • 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN:
      [L]astly he made a bindle in a plastic tarp of some cans of juice and cans of fruit and cans of vegetables […]
  2. (Canada, US, slang) Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.[1]
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Terms derived from the sense a tramp’s bedding roll[1]
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 “bindle²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “ˈbindle¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary

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