different between bindlestiff vs bindle

English

Etymology

From bindle +? stiff.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?nd(?)lst?f/

Noun

bindlestiff (plural bindlestiffs)

1. (US) A tramp (hobo) who carries a bedroll or a bundle of possessions.
   • 1967, Harlan Ellison, Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes

     She had been born in Tucson, mother full-blooded Cherokee, father a bindlestiff on his way through.

   • 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, p. 315:

     AP Finance was tucked somewhere between South Central and the vestigial river, hometown of Indians and bindlestiffs and miscellaneous drinkers of Midnight Special […]

English

Etymology 1

Unknown; compare Old English bindele (“a binding, a tying”), and bundle. Additionally, compare mister from master.

Noun

bindle (plural bindles)

1. (now Scots) Any given length of cord, rope, twine, etc, used to bind something.

Etymology 2

Probably a corruption of bundle; perhaps influenced by the preceding word bindle meaning "length of cord used to bind something".

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd?l
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: b?n?dl, b?n?d?l, IPA^(key): /?b?ndl/, /?b?nd?l/,

Noun

bindle (plural bindles)

1. (US and Canada slang) A bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll.
   • 2006 Cormac McCarthy, The Road:

     lastly he made a bindle in a plastic tarp of some cans of juice and cans of fruit and cans of vegetables…

2. (US and Canada slang) Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.

Synonyms

• (bag of possessions): swag, swag bag (British, Australian)
• (bundle containing narcotics): baggie, baggy, deck

Hypernyms

• bag, sack

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