bundy

American  

[buhn-dee] / ˈbʌn di /

noun

Australian.

plural

bundies

1. a time clock.

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bundy British  

/ ˈbʌndɪ /

noun

1. a time clock

2. informal

   1. to start work

   2. to be in regular employment

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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

Etymology

Origin of bundy

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

Example Sentences

On April 10, 1968, Lyndon Johnson aide Joseph Califano wrote a memo suggesting that Johnson meet with “someone with a completely open mind,” such as Ford Foundation head McGeorge Bundy.

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Community development director Yolanda Bundy said work was also slowed by two large mudslides last February.

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“Is this where I want to be? No,” Bundy said.

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Bundy and the mayor led a driving tour of the shattered coastline, stopping at one property where the destruction of a home revealed a sea wall below with a pre-existing sinkhole.

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Bundy said the problem has complicated the rebuilding by the homeowners.

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