bung up
Example Sentences
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City experts advised clients to sell shares following BP's admission over the weekend that the much vaunted "top kill" attempt to bung up the well had failed.
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2010
They only bung up the volcano; the best step is to cure the blood, otherwise it will break out somewhere else.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
In de fust place dere ain’t no smoke, an’ nex’ place de door’s shut fas’ an’ de window hole is bung up tight wid a vach-a-bikkie bush.
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Vaughan, Arthur Owen
“The thing will be to bung up the hole first,” said Dicky.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines
After remaining a few weeks, rack off and bung up closely in clean casks.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)
