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.
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)
Let it ferment for about a fortnight; then add the brandy, bung up the cask, and let it stand some months before it is bottled, when it will be found excellent.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
He was bung up and bilge free—and that's why he's chief kicker now.
From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
