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PRONUNCIATION OF BINDLE

bindle  [ˈbɪndəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BINDLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bindle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BINDLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bindle

Bindle

A bindle is the bag, sack, or carrying device stereotypically used by the American sub-culture of hobos. The person carrying a bindle was called a bindlestiff, combining bindle with the Average Joe sense of stiff. In modern popular culture the bindle is portrayed as a stick with cloth or a blanket tied around one end for carrying items, with the entire array being carried over the shoulder. Particularly in cartoons, the bindles' sacks usually have a polka-dotted or bandanna design. However, in actual use the bindle can take many forms. An example of the stick-type bindle can be seen in the illustration entitled The Runaway created by Norman Rockwell which appears on the cover of the September 20, 1958 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. Though bindles are rarely used anymore, they are still widely seen in popular culture as a prevalent anachronism. The term bindle may descend from the German/Yiddish word Bündel, meaning something wrapped up in a blanket and bound by cord for carrying, or have arisen as a portmanteau of "bind" and "spindle".

Definition of bindle in the English dictionary

The definition of bindle in the dictionary is a small bundle of possessions carried by a homeless person. Other definition of bindle is a small paper packet containing drugs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BINDLE


brindle
ˈbrɪndəl
bundle
ˈbʌndəl
candle
ˈkændəl
dwindle
ˈdwɪndəl
enkindle
ɪnˈkɪndəl
Grendel
ˈɡrɛndəl
Handel
ˈhændəl
handle
ˈhændəl
kindle
ˈkɪndəl
Mindel
ˈmɪndəl
rekindle
riːˈkɪndəl
scandal
ˈskændəl
spindle
ˈspɪndəl
swindle
ˈswɪndəl
Tindal
ˈtɪndəl
Tindale
ˈtɪndəl
trindle
ˈtrɪndəl
Tyndale
ˈtɪndəl
Tyndall
ˈtɪndəl
windle
ˈwɪndəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BINDLE

bind
bind over
bindable
binder
binderies
bindery
bindhi
bindi
bindi-eye
binding
binding energy
binding screw
bindingly
bindingness
bindweed
bine
biner
binervate

WORDS THAT END LIKE BINDLE

bell, book, and candle
crank handle
dandle
dead man´s handle
door handle
fly off the handle
fondle
foot-candle
manhandle
mishandle
not worth the candle
outhandle
panhandle
Roman candle
rundle
trundle
unbundle
vascular bundle
votive candle
wandle

Synonyms and antonyms of bindle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bindle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BINDLE

Find out the translation of bindle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bindle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bindle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bindle
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bindle
570 millions of speakers

English

bindle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bindle
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bindle
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bindle
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bindle
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bindle
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bindle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bindle
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bindle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bindle
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bindle
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bindle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bindle
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bindle
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बांध घालणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bindle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bindle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bindle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bindle
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

securizez
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bindle
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bindle
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bindle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bindle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bindle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BINDLE»

The term «bindle» is normally little used and occupies the 118.971 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BINDLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bindle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bindle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bindle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BINDLE»

Discover the use of bindle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bindle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mickey's Teeth and Bindle Stiff: A Curtain Raiser
Three playlets that follow the lives of 9 people who become involved with sacred Jewish rituals in both humorous and intimate ways.
Amlin Gray, 1992
2
Bindle; Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle
The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com).
Herbert George Jenkins, 2010
3
The Living Age
Tell Bindle to come 'em. I think Bindle may be your man, sir, 'e's got some pals in these parts, I think.” For a full minute Sir Charles glared at the man be fore him, and the man grinned back. “This 'im, sir?" he queried, as the pantechnicon-man ...
4
Blackwood's Magazine
levvy to-day, Bindle. Seem to 'ave a lot of friends 'ere tool Didn't know you was a society man, Bindle. They're all so fond 0' you, so't appears. 'Adn't you better give up this line 0' business, you with your gif's, and take to squiring it? You'd look ...
5
Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!
And yes, even by Miss Bindle! As I writhed in an agony of mirth, half hilarity and half terror, I could feel Miss Bindle's stiletto eyes piercing my living — for the moment — flesh. My stunned classmates failed to find my laughter infectious. He who ...
Patrick F. McManus, 1992
6
Bindle
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Zheng Cirino, 2012
7
Of Mice and Men
So maybe you better jus' scatter along now, 'cause Curley maybe ain't gonna like his wife out in the barn with us 'bindle stiffs.' " She looked from one face to another, and they were all closed against her. And she looked longest at Len- nie , ...
John Steinbeck, 1993
8
Soil survey
Map symbol Mapping unit Page IE Bald cobbly loam, 5 to 45 percent slopes* 8 2F Bald very cobbly loam, 45 to 75 percent slopes* 9 3E Bins-Bindle association, steep* 10 Bins part Bindle part -- 3F Bins-Bindle association, very steep* 11 Bins  ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1981
9
Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime
Such folds have also been known as bindles (from the standard worcl bundle, although the slang bindle had also referred to a tramp's pack), and this gave bindle Kate, a female narcotics addict, and bindle stiff or bindle bum, which meant both ...
Jonathon Green, 2011
10
Soil survey of ...
... 45 to 75 percent slopes* 9E Bindle-Bins association, steep* Bindle part Bins part 9F Bindle-Bins association, very steep* Bindle part Bins part 10E Bodell cobbly loam, 5 to 45 percent slopes*-- 11F Bodell very cobbly loam, 45 to 75 percent ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BINDLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bindle is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Three found dead from heroin overdoses
Officers obtained a paper bindle with loose brown powder, a piece of tinfoil, a rubber tourniquet,a plastic syringe and ripped plastic bags that ... «Mansfield News Journal, Jul 15»
2
Neighbors catch and hold burglary suspect until deputies arrive
Sarnowski was arrested for burglary, and during a search, deputies located a bindle containing .3 grams of methamphetamine in his pants ... «Taft Midway Driller, Jul 15»
3
San Rafael Police Log
The adult subject consented to a search, which uncovered 11 baggies of individually packaged suspected methamphetamine, a bindle of six ... «Marinscope Community Newspapers, Jul 15»
4
Santa Cruz Police Log: Stabbed/slashed in arm
Searched subject and located a bindle of suspected heroin on his person and inside his backpack. 06/21/2015 21:41. 300 Block of Ocean St. «The Salinas Californian, Jul 15»
5
Oppressive silence
Conference has previously declared that Julie Bindle (sic) is a transphobe and has agreed that no representatives of NUS will 'share a platform' with her ... «Morning Star Online, Jun 15»
6
Audio: No Platforming of Radical Feminists - @bindelj …
... triggered and we are traumatised, and I am my own trigger warning, which I found, there was something, article trigger warning: Julie Bindle. «Indymedia UK, Jun 15»
7
Love and Drugs in the Darkest Days of AIDS
That's when the famous (among us) incident happened with Amy taking the last round of coke we had, in a little paper bindle. We looked all ... «Pacific Standard, Jun 15»
8
Jessup Farm businesses to host dinner at The Stanley
Jessup Farm Barrel House co-owner Brad Lincoln will serve rare Funkwerks beers, while Bindle Coffee, by owners Andrew and Jenn Webb, ... «The Coloradoan, Jun 15»
9
HARD TIMES: The Mystery of the Jack Dempsey-Jess Willard Fight
At times, Dempsey went days without eating, and often the only possessions he owned could be found in a single ragged bindle he carried with ... «The Cruelest Sport, Jun 15»
10
BD man charged with dealing heroin
The informant purchased a bindle of heroin that was in a purple bag. The informant told police that Morris commonly colored the bags of heroin ... «Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, Jun 15»

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