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- noun A
hole in avessel , such as acask , that may be stopped with abung . - noun vulgar, slang The
anus .
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Examples
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Good bung-hole caulkers needed ... there's a message just for you up here in the thread ...
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As she talked, she pressed her pierced hand to her breast, where there was another hole, and whence there spurted from moment to moment a stream of blood, like a jet of wine from an open bung-hole.
Les Miserables 2008
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The best cook that ever was roasted cannot get out of a pot more than was put in it; and the weight of a cask, as a general rule, diminishes if the tap is turned, without any redress at the bung-hole.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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Then the sparrow crept under the cover of the cart, and pecked so long at the same bung-hole that he got the bung out, and then all the wine ran out without the driver noticing it.
Household Tales 2003
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If the devil will not have them to bag, he must wring hard the spigot, and stop the bung-hole.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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If the devil will not have them to bag, he must wring hard the spigot, and stop the bung-hole.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He pulled the cork from the bung-hole of the cask, and dribbled a little on the plinth that Pan stood upon, tore off a bit of bread, dipped it in the honey, and laid it at Pan's feet.
The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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It seemed to affect Socco too, for his tone moderated a little as he coiled his whip and said, 'If I catch you people here again, I'll lop off your balls and stick them up your bung-hole.'
Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001
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That we couldn't find the bung-hole of the old keg of rum
Old Keg of Rum 1996
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The elder wine must now be put into the barrel, and kept in the cellar with the bung-hole left open for a fortnight; at the end of this time, a stiff brown paper should be pasted over the bung-hole, and after standing for
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elm�� Francatelli
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