单词 | to go a bundle on |
释义 | > as lemmasto go a (or the) bundle on h. (See quot. 1922.) So in to go a (or the) bundle on: to bet much money on; figurative to be very fond of. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum pounda1225 ransom?a1300 fother14.. gob1542 mint1579 king's ransomc1590 abomination1604 coda1680 a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710 plunk1767 big money1824 pot1856 big one?1863 a small fortune1874 four figures1893 poultice1902 parcel1903 bundle1905 pretty1909 real money1918 stack1919 packet1922 heavy sugar1926 motza1936 big bucks1941 bomb1958 wedge1977 megadollars1980 squillion1986 bank1995 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] back1697 to put one's money on1847 to put one's shirt on1856 play1858 lump1864 lay1877 stand1877 to get on ——1884 to bet (also stake) one's shirt (that)1892 to go a (or the) bundle on1938 the mind > emotion > love > [verb (transitive)] > be very fond of to go a (or the) bundle on1942 1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps (1900) iv. 392 Bundle, plunder from a robbery.] 1905 ‘H. McHugh’ You can search Me 15 Did they sting you for the whole bundle? 1922 Notes & Queries 12th Ser. 11 206/2 Packet, parcel, and bundle, a considerable sum of money. To say a person ‘won a packet’, &c., or ‘had a parcel (or bundle) on a horse’, infers that a considerabale sum has been won or laid. 1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy ii. 45 So he goes for his entire bundle on Apparition. 1942 H. C. Bailey Dead Man's Shoes xxx. 116 Brewing black, pungent liquor, Bryony said he went the bundle on tea himself. 1957 P. Wildeblood Main Chance xi. 197 ‘I go a bundle on you,’ he said. 1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds i. v. 60 I don't go a bundle on being told I'm a pro. 1969 Northern Territory News 11 July 18/2 [Dog Racing] Brindle Louvre..backed for bundles. < as lemmas |
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