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bung
adjective
broken, ruined, wrecked AUSTRALIA, 1897
Originally Aboriginal pidgin English meaning “dead”, from the Australian Aboriginal language Jagara.- He scrounged old parts from local garages, riding home with a school-bag crammed with bung distributors and defunct generators. — Kerry Cue, Crooks, Chooks and Bloody Ratbags, p. 161, 1983
- Happened to me the other day, I was there minding my own business when a trolley hit my bung foot at about Warp Nine speed. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 140, 1995
▷ see:BONG
▶ go bung
to fail AUSTRALIA, 1885- — Norman Lindsay, Bohemians at the Bulletin, p. 99, 1965
- My nose hurts. I’m seeing wonky. My hearing’s gone bung. — Glyn Parry, Mosh, p. 6, 1996
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