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noun

Bunch n.

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. "They will carry... their treasures upon the bunches of camels."

A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.

(Mining) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.

verb

Bunch v. t. To form into a bunch or bunches.

Bunch v. i. (past & past part. bunched; pres. part. bunching) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round. "Bunching out into a large round knob at one end."

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Etymology of 'Bunch'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bunch" Quotes from Famous Books

... this meeting of The Arden Foresters, Celia Fair, knowing nothing about it, of course, had just settled herself in the arbor with a cushion at her back and her work-basket beside her, when Rosalind looked in. She carried a book and a bunch of leaves, and she seemed surprised to find the summer-house occupied. Her manner was hesitating as, after saying good morning, she asked if Miss Fair had seen ...

— Mr. Pat's Little Girl - A Story of the Arden Foresters • Mary F. Leonard

... church sometimes, over here to the Corinthian Baptis' Church of Walnut Hills. But church don't do much good nowadays. They got too much education for church. This new-fangled education is just a bunch of ignoramacy. Everybody's just looking for a string to pull to get something—not to help others. About one-third goes to see what everbody else is wearing, and who's got the nicest clothes. And ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: The Ohio Narratives • Works Projects Administration

... escaped his lips, and he turned to the dainty little desk at another portion of the room. It was locked, but that was a matter of little consequence. Like most detectives, Foyle carried a bunch of keys rather larger than are to be found in the possession of the ordinary man, and the fourth that ...

— The Grell Mystery • Frank Froest

... Doctor Joe, whoever he is, and these here other scouts, whoever they be, better keep out'n our business and mind their own," roared the man. "I suppose they're this here bunch what's campin' down by the brook and been runnin' ...

— Troop One of the Labrador • Dillon Wallace

... no; there's Master Ger; now I call him the pick of the bunch, the most conformable little chap and full of sense: he'll talk to you like one of yourselves; he's everybody's friend, is Master Ger. Miss Kitten's the youngest, and a nice handful she is. She and Master Ger does everything together, and they do say as she's the only one as ...

— The Ffolliots of Redmarley • L. Allen Harker

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