bung up
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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
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)
“The thing will be to bung up the hole first,” said Dicky.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines
Stir them well together; bung up the vessel close for a month; then bottle it.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady
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)
