bindle

• Rhymes: -ɪndəl
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bĭnʹdl, bĭnʹdəl, IPA^(key): /ˈbɪndl/,^[1] /ˈbɪndəl/,^[1]

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Unknown; compare Old English bindele (“a binding, a tying”)^[2] from bindan (“to bind”), and bundle. Additionally, compare mister from master.

bindle (plural bindles)

1. (now Scotland)^[2] A length of cord, rope, twine, etc, used to bind something.^[2]

Probably a corruption of bundle; perhaps influenced by the preceding word bindle meaning "length of cord used to bind something".^[1]

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.^[1]
   • 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN:

     [L]astly he made a bindle in a plastic tarp of some cans of juice and cans of fruit and cans of vegetables […]

2. (Canada, US, slang) Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.^[1]

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

• bag, sack

• Dęblin, blinde