'Budge bachelor' definitions:

Definition of 'Budge bachelor'

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  • Budge \Budge\, a.
  • 1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "Budge gowns." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. [1913 Webster]
  • Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Budge bachelor, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession.
  • Budge barrel (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service. [1913 Webster]