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Bunk   /bəŋk/   Listen
noun
Bunk  n.  
1.
A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. (U.S.)
2.
One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers; as, to sleep in the top bunk.
3.
A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. (Local, U.S.)
4.
A bed. (informal)


verb
Bunk  v. i.  (past & past part. bunked; pres. part. bunking)  To go to bed in a bunk; sometimes with in. (Colloq. U.S.)





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"Bunk" Quotes from Famous Books



... and later on, until I was emancipated, I worked on the farm doing farm work, principally in the tobacco fields and in the woods cutting timber and firewood. I slept on a home-made bed or bunk, while my mother and sister slept in a bed made by father on which they had a mattress made by themselves and filled with straw, while dad slept on a bench beside the bed and that he used in the day as a work bench, mending shoes for the slaves and others. I have seen mother going ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Maryland Narratives • Works Projects Administration
... something of a task before him. Although he could now turn into his bunk at night without being called upon to stand his regular watch, he had more difficult duties to perform. He was responsible for the manner in which affairs were conducted about decks, for the neat appearance of the vessel and of the men; and as the former executive officer had been rather careless ...
— Frank on the Lower Mississippi • Harry Castlemon
... table direct to his bunk, Circuit was observed delving in the depths of his war sack, out of which he produced a set of clean under-clothing, complete from shirt to socks, and a razor. Besides these he carefully laid out his best suit of store clothes, and from beneath the "heading" of the bunk he pulled a new ...
— The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier • Edgar Beecher Bronson
... him and his wife. I reckon she was feelin' her oats, visitin' at the Senator's house. I don't know what she said to her husband, but, anyhow, afore I left for the bunk-house that evenin', he says, slow and easy, that if I was around there next mornin', he would explain all about that ruckus to me, when the ladies weren't present, so I wouldn't get it wrong, next time. I seen I had made a mistake ...
— Partners of Chance • Henry Herbert Knibbs
... a half of irritation and positive pain. Stretched out on my bunk and delivered over to the tender mercies of these personages, I stiffen myself and submit to the million imperceptible pricks they inflict. When by chance a little blood flows, confusing the outline ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet


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