bungstarter
English
Alternative forms
- bung starter
Etymology
bung + starter
Noun
bungstarter (plural bungstarters)
- A tool for opening barrels by removing the bung.
- 1914:, O. Henry, Heart of the West, "Doubleday, Page & company, for Review of reviews co", page 133 - But he had not yet learned to estimate these cool, languid, Southwestern knights of the bungstarter, who had the manners of an Earl of Pawtucket, ...
- 1929:, John Russell, Color of the East, "W. W. Norton", page 229 - The Portuguese equivalent of bungstarter whiffed Angus Jones by an eyelash.
- 1941:, Clark Barnaby Firestone, Flowing South, "National Travel Club", page 138 - "That's where the barkeeper took a bungstarter and killed a man who was shooting wild."
- 1943:, Ernest Thompson Seton, The Preacher of Cedar Mountain, "The Seton village press", page 134 - "Pat, let me have that keg," and the schoolteacher proceeded to hammer around the bung, in the way of the orthodox bungstarter.
- 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian […] , OCLC 234287599:
- When he came around the end of the bar he laid down the pistol and he was carrying a bungstarter in one hand.
Translations
tool for opening barrels by removing the bung