Green’s Dictionary of Slang

bungie-bird n.

[name Friar Bungay, as in Robert Greene’s Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (acted 1594)]

a Franciscan friar.

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[UK]Troublesome Raigne of King John (1611) 50: Bald and barefoot Bungie birds, / When up the gallowes climing.