bunkie

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English

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Etymology

From bunk +‎ -ie.

Noun

bunkie (plural bunkies)

  1. Familiar term of address.
  2. A bunkmate, someone with which one shares a bunk bed.
  3. a small cabin with a bunk or bed(s), a free-standing bedroom or sleeping area separate from the main house or cottage, which may or may not have other facilities (a fully outfitted outbuilding with a kitchen or bathroom would be a guest house or accessory dwelling unit and not a bunkie)
  4. a condescending term of direct address to a man.[1]
    • 1978, Superman 206:
      Excuse me, bunkie. Don't you have anything useful to do?

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References

  1. ^ Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, A-G by J.E. Lighter, Random House, New York, 1994; https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/9/messages/362.html
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