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  • noun bunkmate, someone with which one shares a bunk bed.
  • noun Familiar term of address.

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Examples

  • He shouted something about the Disk Jockey being a "bunkie" (whatever that was) and made a disparaging remark about the Disk Jockey's costume (like he was in a position to criticize), before hurling a punch that had a lot in common with some express trains.

    The Sinister Six Combo Castro, Adam Troy 2001

  • The youth from Maine hiked along the Lake Shore Road beside the lad from California, and the son of the Old North State had for his "bunkie" the boy from Montana.

    Yackety Yack of Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen No Author 1919

  • The Padre, who was my "bunkie," bore his miseries unflinchingly.

    Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910

  • The Englishman finishes his cigarette, exchanges a joke with his 'bunkie' and coolly goes 'over the top.'

    Winning a Cause World War Stories Inez Bigwood 1901

  • He saw his "bunkie" of the night before, -- the man who was trying so hard to die and couldn't, -- he saw him plunging along with the throng, pale but valiant, ferociously glaring at every one who smoked.

    West Wind Drift George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • This conclusion was justified when he asked his wretched "bunkie" if he had observed him leaving the room during the night.

    West Wind Drift George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • I don't believe I would, if the General hadn't been father's friend and if my 'bunkie' weren't wounded.

    Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War John Fox 1891

  • The man I want for a "bunkie" is the one who can be comfortable while the best of them are roughing it.

    Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890

  • JUST BECAUSE YOU SMOKE POT, YOU ARE NOT AN EXCEPTION TO REPUBLICAN RULE. let the libertarians convince you that you will be fine on your own, when you become someone's favorite "bunkie".

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  • Then you would be sitting in a federal penitentry without charges where you will meet your new cellmate bunkie new boyfriend and sex partner.

    Victim sues RIAA under RICO Act 2005

  • Then you screw in the tapered dowel legs and add four fabric-covered sheets of wood (bunkie boards), which provide support for the mattress.

    The Best Modern Bed Frames to Dress Up Your Bedroom 2022

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