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bunk
bunk, a built-in wooden bed on board ship. In the main cabin of some sailing vessels engaged in trade during the 18th and 19th centuries the sides were lined with bunks fitted with sliding panels to provide privacy, since the captain, mates, and any lady passengers, or the captain's wife, were all accommodated there. In the early ocean liners, particularly on the Transatlantic route, passengers who could not afford a cabin went steerage class instead, where bunks were erected in tiers one above the other, to obtain the maximum sleeping accommodation within the minimum space.
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"bunk." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bunk." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-bunk.html "bunk." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-bunk.html |
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bunk1 / bəngk/ • n. a narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other. • v. [intr.] sleep in shared quarters as a temporary arrangement: they bunk together in the dormitory. bunk2 • n. inf. nonsense: anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk. |
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"bunk." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bunk." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bunk.html "bunk." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bunk.html |
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bunk1 sleeping-berth in a ship. etc. XIX. of unkn. orig.; perh. rel. to BUNKER.
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T. F. HOAD. "bunk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bunk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bunk.html T. F. HOAD. "bunk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bunk.html |
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bunk2 (sl.) be off, make off. XIX. of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "bunk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bunk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bunk1.html T. F. HOAD. "bunk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bunk1.html |
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bunk3 (sl.) short for BUNKUM. XX.
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T. F. HOAD. "bunk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bunk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bunk2.html T. F. HOAD. "bunk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bunk2.html |
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bunk
•bonk, clonk, conk, cronk, honk, Leblanc, pétanque, plonk, tronc, zonk
•honky-tonk • oink • Munch
•bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, flunk, funk, gunk, hunk, junk, Monck, monk, plunk, punk, shrunk, skunk, slunk, spunk, stunk, sunk, thunk, trunk
•chipmunk • quidnunc • cyberpunk
•punch-drunk • countersunk
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"bunk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bunk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bunk.html "bunk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bunk.html |
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