bundy

[buhn-dee]

noun

Australian.

plural

bundies 

1. a time clock.

bundy

/ ˈbʌndɪ /

noun

1. a time clock

2. informal

   1. to start work

   2. to be in regular employment

verb

1. (intr; foll by on or off) to arrive or depart from work, esp when it involves registering the time of arrival or departure on a card

Word History and Origins

Origin of bundy¹

1930–35; said to be after W. H. Bundy, an Australian manufacturer of time clocks

Word History and Origins

Origin of bundy¹

from a trademark

Example Sentences

Cline passed the news up the ladder to McGeorge Bundy, Kennedy’s national security adviser.

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Bundy took the phone call in the middle of a dinner party at his home.

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It was Bundy’s job to tell the president.

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Bundy decided the news could wait until morning.

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McGeorge Bundy knocked on the door.

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