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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1929

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BUNSTAL, adj. Of a child: short and stout. [′bʌnstəl]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
A b[unstal] ting o' a bairn.

[Cf. Sh. bunsi, bunsin, bunsom, stout and thick-set (see Jak.), Sw. dial. bonsig, large, round, Dan. dial. bons, a thick-set stout fellow (Torp). Cf. also bunse, s.v. Bunch, n.1]

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