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bunger1


a cigarette: I'm goin' for a bunger. See durry.

Contributor's comments: I came from UK 35 years ago and was somewhat amused to hear "bunger" meaning what we called a "banger" in UK - ie a firework which went "bang", not "bung"

Contributor's comments: In NSW in the 1960s, for Cracker Night, we had "Tom Thumbs" which were linked fire-crackers, and much larger single ones called "bungers", which you lit and threw like a stick of dynamite.

Contributor's comments: In addition to my further comment, those fire-crackers we called "bungers" always reminded me of cigars when I was a kid, so I am not surprised that the term got applied to cigarettes.

bunger2


a large fire cracker. I came from UK 35 years ago and was somewhat amused to hear "bunger" meaning what we called a "banger" in UK - ie a firework which went "bang", not "bung".

Contributor's comments: In NSW in the 1960s, for Cracker Night, we had "Tom Thumbs" which were linked fire-crackers, and much larger single ones called "bungers", which you lit and threw like a stick of dynamite.

Contributor's comments: Bungers and Tom Thumbs were identicle except for the size (and consequent bang!) You could hold a Tom Thumb between your fingers and let it off without damage - bungers were much more dangerous - light and throw or light and run away! Intermediate between these were Poas.

bungers


thongs - the word used for supermarket $2 thongs -those rubber beauties we love when there are all worn in: I wearing my bungers today.