Bounder, subs. (popular).—1. A four-wheeled cab or growler (q.v.). [Supposed to be an allusion to the jolting motion caused when travelling over a rough road, a fact intensified by the indifferent springs upon which such vehicles are often hung.]
2. (University.)—A student whose manners are not acceptable; one whose companionship is not cared for.
3. (University.)—A dog-cart. Cf., sense 1.
4. (common.)—A vulgar though well-dressed man; a superior kind of ' 'Arry'; one whose dress and personal appearance are correct, but whose manners are of a questionable character. The term is very often used in connection with bally (q.v.). a bally-bounder is one of the most objectionable of the genus. A synonymous term is snide (q.v.), and French equivalents are un mufe and un espèce de cafouilleux. A curious instance of French back-slang is found in another name—un lof, loff, loffard, loffe; lof here is fol reversed, i.e., mad, senseless, foolish.
Bound To Be Had, Bound To Shine,
etc., ppl. adj. (colloquial).—This
expression enters into many
slang phrases; for instance,
when it seems certain that a
man will be out-witted, cheated,
or 'bested,' it is said of him
that he is bound to be had;
similarly, a man fated or resolved
to distinguish himself
is bound to shine. The colloquial
use of bound dates back
as far as 1360, but the peculiar
expressions which bring it
within the category of slang, are
of much later origin. The
following quotation will illustrate
the usage in question, and
further examples will be found
under had, shine, etc.
1864. Hartford Post, July 14. When the public have an opportunity of examining this beautiful steamer, they will pronounce her the finest and most comfortable boat they have ever visited, and be satisfied that she is bound to shine.
Boung.—See Bung.
Boung-Nipper.—See Bung-nipper.
Bounty-Jumper, subs. (American).—A
term applied to men who,
receiving a bounty when enlisting,
desert, re-enlist, and receive
a second bounty. [From
bounty, a gratuity given to
recruits on joining the army or
navy, + jumper, a slang term
for one who decamps surreptitiously.]
The War of the
Rebellion is responsible for this,
as for many other colloquialisms.
As the conflict lengthened
out, men became in great request,
and large bounties were offered
by the North for volunteers.
This bounty was found in many
cases to be a direct incitement
with unprincipled men to bad
faith and unfair dealing. Such
would enlist, receive their
bounty, join their regiment, and
then decamp, to reappear in
another State, to go through
the same performance. Cases
were known where this was
done many times over, and the
practice was called bounty-jumping.—See
Jumping.
1875. Higginson, History of United States, p. 306. Bringing into the service many bounty-jumpers, who enlisted merely for money, and soon deserted to enlist again.
