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drop one's bundle

bun·dle
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [buhn-dl]
    • /drɒp wʌnz ˈbʌn dl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [buhn-dl]
    • /drɒp wʌnz ˈbʌn dl/

Definitions of drop one's bundle words

  • noun drop one's bundle several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay. 1
  • noun drop one's bundle an item, group, or quantity wrapped for carrying; package. 1
  • noun drop one's bundle a number of things considered together: a bundle of ideas. 1
  • noun drop one's bundle Slang. a great deal of money: He made a bundle in the market. 1
  • noun drop one's bundle Botany. an aggregation of strands of specialized conductive and mechanical tissues. 1
  • noun drop one's bundle Also called bundle of isoglosses. Dialect Geography. a group of close isoglosses running in approximately the same direction, especially when taken as evidence of an important dialect division. 1

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Origin of drop one's bundle

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English bundel < Middle Dutch bundel, bondel; akin to bind

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Parts of speech for Drop one's bundle

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

drop one's bundle popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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