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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--bindlestiff bindlestiff (BIN-dl-stif) noun A hobo who carries a bundle of bedding and other possessions. [From English bindle (bundle) + stiff (tramp). Ultimately from Indo-European root bhendh- (to bind), that is also the source of such words as bandanna, band, bond, and bundle.] "In fact, the governor is hardly more than a duly elected bindlestiff running a train full of deadbeats." Michael Browning; Janet the Just; Palm Beach Post (Florida); Sep 22, 2002. This week's theme: miscellaneous words. X-Bonus Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. -Jeremy Bentham, jurist and philosopher (1748-1832)

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