bundle of sticks

  • 1bundle of sticks — n American a male homosexual, a humorous defini tion of faggot. An expression used on campus in the USA since around 2000 …

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  • 2Bundle of rights — The bundle of rights is a common way to explain the complexities of property ownership. Teachers often use this concept as a way to organize confusing and sometimes contradictory data about real estate.The bundle of rights is commonly taught in… …

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  • 3bundle — bun|dle1 [ˈbʌndl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Dutch; Origin: bundel] 1.) a group of things such as papers, clothes, or sticks that are fastened or tied together bundle of ▪ bundles of newspapers ▪ a small bundle containing mostly clothing 2.) a… …

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  • 4bundle — 1 noun (C) 1 a group of things such as papers, clothes, or sticks that are fastened or tied together 2 (singular) informal a lot of money: cost a bundle: The trip will cost a bundle and we can t pay for it ourselves. | make a bundle (=earn or win …

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  • 5bundle — 01. The magazines were tied up in [bundles] and were piled up outside the store. 02. We wanted to go to Europe for our holidays, but it costs a [bundle] just to fly there. 03. His grandfather made a [bundle] in real estate just after the war. 04 …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 6Pick-up sticks — For the song Pick Up Sticks by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, see Time Out Pick up sticks (or pick a stick) is a game of physical and mental skill in which sticks have to be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining ones. One root of the… …

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  • 7Faggot (volume) — A faggot is Colin Gardner plain and simple:1 short faggot of sticks = 2 ft girth times; 32 in long bundle of short wood sticks/billets:1 long faggot of sticks = 2 ft girth times; 4 ft long bundle of long wood sticks/billets:1 faggot of iron = 2… …

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  • 8Muscogee people — Muscogee Muscogee portraits Total population 71,502+[1][2] …

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  • 9fagot — fag ot (f[a^]g [u^]t) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. fa kelos bundle, fagot. Cf. {Fagotto}.] 1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10Fagot iron — fagot fag ot (f[a^]g [u^]t) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. fa kelos bundle, fagot. Cf. {Fagotto}.] 1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising… …

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