bunger n.2
(US) a black eye.
Life In Sing Sing 246: Bunger. A discolored eye. | ||
Eve. World (NY) 15 June n.p.: Thieves’ Latin [...] Bunger — A discolored eye. | ||
Keys to Crookdom 399: Bunger. A black eye. | ||
Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |
In phrases
(Aus.) in fig. use of ‘black eye’, to put an end to, to terminate (a plan).
Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 89: [H]is irregularly rostered on-the-road commitments effectively put the bunger on any kind of SP rort. |