To bundle up

To bundle up
Bundle Bun"dle, v. i. 1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony. [1913 Webster]

2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]

{To bundle up}, to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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