Bunk Definition

Origin of Bunk

• Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian. Confer Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”). See also boarding, flooring and confer bunch.

  From Wiktionary

• 19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "to occupy a bunk" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.

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• Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe.

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• Perhaps short for bunker

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Short for bunkum

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition