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BUNDLE.—To run hastily away (often after having done mischief.)

"Us bundled pretty sherp I can tell 'e."

Also to cause to start off in a great hurry.

"I had to bundle 'um all aff avoor thaay'd done yettin'."

BUNGERZOME.—Unwieldy, clumsy.

"That ther bundle o' zacks be too bungerzome vor I to car."

Also "A be a bungerzome zart o' chap."

BUNK.—Be off!

"You chaps 'ud best bunk avoor I maaykes 'e."

"I zin 'am was a-gettin' quarrelzome an' zo bunked it zu as nat to get mixed up wi' t."

BUNNY.—Name for a rabbit; children always use this term. Almost universal.

BUNT.—To push with the head or horns. Young animals pushing the udder with the head to make milk flow freely are said to "bunt."

"Gie us a bunt up" is the phrase used by a boy when he wishes another to raise him from the ground on his attempt to mount a tree.

BUNTIN.—The wood-lark.

BUSINESS.—Fuss.

"A maayde a gurt business about um a-taaykin' his spaayde wi'out axin."

BUST, or BUSTED.—Burst.

There is a rhyme common with boys, the one having anything to give away calling out—

"Billy, Billy Bust,

Who spakes vust.",

BUSTER.—An improbable story; a lie; anything very large.

BUTTER-VINGERED.—Clumsy in handling and allowing things to slip from the fingers.

BUTTRY.—The pantry or place where butter, &c., for home consumption is kept.

BUTTS.—Old archery butts still give their name.

At Reading we have the well-known part of the town called "St. Mary's Butts."

BUZZY, or BUZLY.—Rough and bushy, like a fox's brush.