n. [ Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring. Cf. Bunch. ] 1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers; as, to sleep in the top bunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. a bed. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bunked p. pr. & vb. n. Bunking. ] To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in. [ Colloq. U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type of multiple bed in which the individual beds are arranged one above the other. It is used to save space in crowded quarters. [ PJC ]

n. [ Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low chest, serving for a seat. Cf. Bunk, Bank, Bench. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small sand hole or pit, as on a golf course. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Golf) Hence, any rough hazardous ground on the links; also, an artificial hazard with built-up faces. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. (Mil.) A fortified position dug into the ground, especially one which is closed on top and has protective walls and roof, e. g. of reinforced concrete. For defending positions it usually has windows to view the surrounding terrain, but as a safe location for planning operations or storage, a bunker may be completely underground with no direct access to the surface. [ PJC ]

v. t. (Golf) To drive (the ball) into a bunker. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as oneself. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. Bank (in the commercial sense). ] A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic. [ Written also bunco. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bunkoed p. pr. & vb. n. Bunkoing. ] To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Buncombe. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Buncombe a county of North Carolina. ] Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. [ Cant or Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All that flourish about right of search was bunkum -- all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum. Haliburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or popularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous ‘Missouri Question, ' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker -- a naïve old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent county of Buncombe, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the ‘Question, ' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He persevered, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to ‘make a speech for Buncombe.'” W. Darlington. [ 1913 Webster ]