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- noun UK A
formal butfriendly tea party held by anorganisation eitherannually , or to mark someoccasion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion
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Examples
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Initial media reports suggest the meeting was cancelled out of concern it would turn into a "bunfight" over Equalization.
Prems cancel meet fearing Equalization "bunfight" Ed Hollett 2007
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Although I previously trailed it as a "bunfight" it was actually a very civilised and respectful discussion.
Aaronovitch Watch 2008
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Prems cancel meet fearing Equalization "bunfight"
Prems cancel meet fearing Equalization "bunfight" Ed Hollett 2007
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Out of this daft bunfight, Strauss and his collaborator Hoffmansthal shaped a masterpiece.
The Turn of the Screw; Ariadne auf Naxos; Les pêcheurs de perles; Mitsuko Uchida Fiona Maddocks 2010
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David Yoder for The Wall Street Journal The Saudi exhibition 'The Black Arch' presents a work by Shadia and Raja Alem I'm going to stick my neck out and make a judgment on the stand-out artist in this year's Venice Biennale, the world's most exhausting, demanding and prestigious bunfight of contemporary art.
Setting the Art World Alight Andrew McKie 2011
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Since neither lacked experience of alcohol, and both disliked the type of desperate over-crowded bunfight which ensued, each had remained seated at the rush to the bar, each smiled at the other across the suddenly empty space, he tilted his head towards the door, she nodded, and they got up and walked to the nearest quiet pub they could find.
Annabel 4 Dan Sandra Davies 2011
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Down at the bottom, though, where I remain, it's a bunfight.
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"From the noises off, it is clear that people would prefer a bunfight, but sometimes it is sensible to have a serious conversation …"
You cannot be serious, Mr Cameron | Simon Hoggart's sketch 2011
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As the whole RaceFail bunfight proves yet again, writers need repeatedly to be reminded that the world isn't just story-fodder -- there are all kinds of people out there, made differently, thinking differently and feeling differently.
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That translates as saying that PMQs is not meant to be the bunfight – "scrutiny by screech" – it has been for a generation – "the noise of which makes the vuvuzela trumpets of the South African World Cup appear but distant whispers by comparison," says Bercow.
cjohnson318 commented on the word bunfight
I think bunfight sounds like the French, bon fete, for good party.
November 2, 2012
mtc commented on the word bunfight
"Bunfight at the O.K. Tearoom"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bu69cnv0iU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
November 2, 2012