bunkien.
/ˈbʌŋki/, U.S. /ˈbəŋki/ U.S. colloquial.
One who shares a bunk with another.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house > lodger > room-mate
chamber-fellow1535
comrade1591
comrado1598
chamber-mate1612
roommate1789
bunkie1858
suitemate1893
roomie1911
1858 T. G. Vielé Following Drum 218 Which triumph over paternal love I rewarded by giving him Jack for his ‘bunkie’.
1903 N.Y. Evening Post 10 Oct. In a logging camp in Maine a lanky Yankee had been unburdening himself of his past life for the entertainment of his ‘bunky’.
1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 58 If it is certain that my old bunkie came to his death foully.
1948 Southwest Rev. 33 29/2 The next morning Bud's ‘bunkie’ sat watching him shave.
Draft additions December 2020
Originally and chiefly Canadian. A small outbuilding providing extra sleeping accommodation for guests during the summer. Cf. bunkhouse n. at bunk n.1 Additions.Earliest as a brand name for a prefabricated sleeping unit.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of
lonquhardc1480
hothouse1643
ajoupa1666
penthouse1683
pandal?1692
bark-hut1744
log-tent1748
log cabin1770
bush-hut1775
log-hut1778
yurt1780
isba1784
beach hut1806
whare1807
bough-house1811
pondok1815
grass hut1818
hartebeest house1818
leaf hut1818
gunyah1820
grass house1823
slab-and-bark hut1826
slab-and-shingle hut1826
slab whare1826
rondavel1829
bush-house1835
skerm1835
jacal1838
toldo1839
log-shanty1847
wurley1847
maloca1853
palm hut1853
whare1853
hutmenta1857
bush-shanty1857
benab1860
pondokkie1862
bothan1863
lanaia1869
hogan1872
tenta1873
beehive-hut1884
leaf shelter1886
Oklahoma1889
goondie1890
cabana1898
troolie hut1899
tukul1901
fale1902
banda1908
kya1909
hut1913
obi1913
Nissen hut1917
Nissen1919
basha1921
tourist cabin1928
bunkie1935
wanigan1937
Quonset hut1942
chickee1943
iron lung1943
Quonset1943
1935 Globe (Toronto) 2 Sept. 9/1 (advt.) Everybody's talking about ‘Bunkie’ the little portable sleeping cabin.
1946 Chatelaine (Toronto) July 33/1 The two bedrooms forming the summer wing might be ‘bunkies’..containing double bunks... These buildings can be bought as complete packages.
2010 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 22 May (Post Homes section) 17 A small lakeside bunkie and two guest cottages are..features of the 32-acre property.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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