Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUNG-FU', adj.
1. Full. Gen.Sc.Bnff. 1843 J. Adam in J. F. S. Gordon Chron. of Keith (1880) 101:
Fills up the gaps bungfu' o' funs.Ayr. 1879 J. White Jottings in Prose and Verse 223:
Wi' sense and wit, he's maist bung-fu'.
2. “Quite intoxicated; a low word, q[uasi] full to the bung; in allusion to a barrel” (Sc. 1825 Jam.2; Bnff.2, Abd.2, Ags.1, Fif.10, Arg.1 1937).Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems, etc. 52:
Whan a Rake's gaun hame bung-fu' . . . He has na a' his senses.
