bung

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      54 words ...bung / bə ng / • n. a stopper for closing a hole...stopper: the casks are bunged before delivery. ∎  ( bung something up ) block (something), typically by overfilling it: vegetable peelings bung up the sink. ORIGIN: late Middle English : from Middle Dutch...

French Inventors Develop Cask Bung Creating Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 22, 2007 ;     310 words ......have developed a method for creating a bung for a cask. According to the U.S. Patent...Trademark Office: "A method for producing a bung for a metal cask that does not require...simplifies the operations for forming the bung. The method disclosed in the present application...

Australian Inventor Develops Aspiration Assembly Bung

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 16, 2007 ;     269 words ......of Queensland, Australia, has developed a bung for a sample tube that used with an aspiration...Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "bung for an aspiration assembly sample collection tube, the bung has a top surface, a tapered side surface...

A bung here, a bung there . . . it's all part of game IN MY OPINION

Evening Times;  January 24, 2006 ;     526 words ......before the game of football was invented, but, in microcosm, the bung has been around as long. If the latest shock-horror allegations...felt the thickness of the package he recognised it to be the bung. So it was handed back discreetly, and the player sold on to...

SPARE at the spigot, and let out at the bung-hole

The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs;      217 words ...SPARE at the spigot, and let out at the bung-hole The meaning is explained in quot...liquid through the tap on a cask, while the bung-hole is the (much larger) opening through...emptied and which is closed by a plug (the bung). 1642 G. Torriano Select Italian Proverbs...

Canadian Inventor Develops Paper Roll Bung

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 28, 2007 ;     200 words ......Ladislav Paukov of Delta, Canada, has developed a bung for a paper roll with a cylindrical opening. According...amp; Trademark Office: "The invention consists of a bung for a paper roll. The bung is comprised of a body and a roll contacting element...

Bung, drawn and quartered.

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  January 25, 1998 ;     203 words ...OK I admit it, I'm guilty of Dishing out a 'bung' to make sure I was able to sign a player. And the manager who...many and gave me two of them back! So if that's construed as a bung then I suppose I'll have to hold my hands up. But seriously, it...

SOC: Bung in parcel, says United boss Ferguson

AAP Sports News (Australia);  August 2, 1999 ;     266 words ...AAP Sports News (Australia) 08-02-1999 SOC: Bung in parcel, says United boss Ferguson LONDON, Aug 1 Reuters - Manchester...wrapped in a parcel in an attempt to trap him into accepting a "bung". The agent had lured Ferguson to a hotel and insisted he accept...

Football: GO TO JAIL; FOOTBALL: Stevens' inquiry is backed Sven's agent...

The Mirror (London, England);  October 9, 2006 ;     554 words ...TOP agent Athole Still has claimed football's bung-takers should be sent to jail as fears grow that...transfer deals, Still said: We use this word 'bung' as kind of a friendly word. But if a bung is a bribe, a bribe is illegal. If you are working...

Why I tried to hide TRUTH: 'I didn't want anyone to get into trouble' ON...

The Mirror (London, England);  August 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......change his story to the Premier League bung inquiry. His evidence was about a meeting...sufficient evidence to conclude that a bung was paid, and at least part, if not all...Venables had told him that Clough liked a bung. Sugar said: He (Venables) told me that...

Football: Robbo: Sack bung bosses.(Sport)

The People (London, England);  January 15, 2006 ;     100 words ...BRYAN ROBSON has called for zero tolerance of any boss who is prepared to take a bung. I think if a manager does take a bung from an agent he should be sacked and never work in football again,'' said the West Brom manager. If...

Football: Bung QC anger at Ferguson.(Sport)

The Mirror (London, England);  August 5, 1999 ;     322 words ......silence on the Alex Ferguson pounds 40,000 'bung' controversy. Judge Reid declared he considered...It is apparent news of the pounds 40,000 bung would have made a difference to the commission...Ferguson had declared the pounds 40,000 bung to the Premier League inquiry then the...

Football: Bung culture? It never went away; WORLD EXCLUSIVE: SIR ALAN...

The Mirror (London, England);  December 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......revelations came out about a pounds 50,000 bung that was paid out by Spurs. Cries of bloody...media, the FA had to respond. The famous Bung enquiry was set up. Hundreds of thousands...you are supposed to be investigating a bung of fifty grand in readies. The Bung Busters...

YES,there was a bung; pounds 50,000 probe stunner.(Sport)

The Mirror (London, England);  January 10, 1997 ;     598 words ......reached its conclusion. Yes, there was a bung in the Teddy Sheringham transfer. After...investigation into the infamous pounds 50,000 bung scandal will be published in a matter of...has sufficent evidence to conclude that a bung was paid and part, if not all, of the pounds...

BUNG-BUSTER'S GRIM NEW ROLE; Newell back for mission improbable In...

The Mirror (London, England);  October 13, 2008 ;     471 words ......stoppagetime header grabbed a point for Wycombe and left Newell waiting for his first win as boss. He said: We had a long time to hang on and that's what we were doing at times, but Wycombe have a presence and are a well-organised, physical side. You can see why...