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▪ I. † ˈbungy, a. Obs. rare.
[Cf. bulgy, bunchy.]
? Puffed out, protuberant.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 146 Great roules of Calico..somewhat higher and not so bungy as the Turkish Tulipants. 1638Ibid. 170 His shash or turbant was white and bungie. Ibid. 346 The tree is not high nor bungie.
▪ II. bungy, n. India.|ˈbʌŋgɪ|
Also bungheea.
[Hind. bhangī.]
In Bombay, a member of the low caste of sweepers.
1823Trans. Lit. Soc. Bombay III. 374 Bungheea, the sweeper, particularly of filth. 1886Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson s.v., The colloquial application of the term bungy to such servants is..peculiar to Bombay.
▪ III. bungy, bunje etc.
See bungie. |