bunkie

English

Alternative forms

  • (term of address): bunky
  • (bunkmate): bunkee

Etymology

From bunk +‎ -ie.

Noun

bunkie (plural bunkies)

  1. A bunkmate, someone with whom one shares a bunk bed.
  2. Familiar term of address. [1]
    • 1978, Superman 206:
      Excuse me, bunkie. Don't you have anything useful to do?
  3. a small cabin with a bunk or bed(s), a free-standing bedroom or sleeping area separate from the main house or cottage, which may or may not have other facilities (a fully outfitted outbuilding with a kitchen or bathroom would be a guest house or accessory dwelling unit and not a bunkie)

See also

References

  1. ^ Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, A-G by J.E. Lighter, Random House, New York, 1994; https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/9/messages/362.html
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