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bundle noun- a large amount of money US, 1903
From an earlier sense (a roll of money). - “One guy that owed Kattar a bundle, seventy-five grand, was a character named Willie.” — Vincent Teresa, My Life in the Mafia, p. 131, 1973
- Even if the grass had a bundle he would plead poverty. Not that he ever had much in his kick [trouser pocket]. — The Sweeney, p. 50, 1976
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 15, 1988
- a long prison sentence US
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 37, 1950
- a bundle of packets of heroin; heroin US
- — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 84, 1986
- — Robert Ashton, This Is Heroin, p. 205, 2002
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 283, 2003
- a sexually appealing woman US
- — Kenn "Naz" Young, Naz’s Dictionary of Teen Slang, p. 16, 1993
- a fight US, 1937
- — Chris Lewis, The Dictionary of Playground Slang, 2003
▶ go a bundle on to highly regard someone or something UK, 1957- I don’t go a bundle on razzmatazz. — The Observer, 3 September 2000
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