bindle

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪndəl
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bĭnʹdl, bĭnʹdəl, IPA^(key): /ˈbɪndl/, /ˈbɪndəl/,

• Audio (General Australian):

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

bindle (plural bindles)

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

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".

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.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (bag of possessions): swag, swag bag (British, Australian)
• (bundle containing narcotics): baggie, baggy, deck

Hypernyms

• bag, sack

Derived terms

Terms derived from the sense a tramp’s bedding roll

• bindle punk
• bindlestiff
• bindleman

Translations

tramp's or itinerant's bundle

• Dutch: knapzak (nl)
• French: balluchon (fr)
• German: Bündel (de) n
• Polish: węzełek (pl) m
• Russian: кото́мка (ru) (kotómka)
• Spanish: linyera (es) f (Argentina, Uruguay)
• Ukrainian: торба (uk) f (torba), клунок (uk) m (klunok), вузлик m (vuzlyk)

Anagrams

• Dęblin, blinde