bundling

bundling
    n 1: a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples
         occupying the same bed without undressing
    2: the act of binding something into a bundle
    3: the act of shoving hastily; "she complained about bundling
       the children off to school"
    

bundling \bundling\ n.
   1. a former custom, especially in New England, in which
      unmarried couples occupied the same bed without
      undressing, especially during courtship. See {bundle[2]},
      v. i.
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   2. the act of binding something into a bundle.
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   3. the act of shoving hastily; as, she complained about
      bundling the children off to school.
      [WordNet 1.5]
    

Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bundled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Bundling}.]
   1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
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   2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
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            They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second
            into our own hackney coach.           --T. Hook.
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   3. to sell together as a single item at one inclusive price;
      -- usually done for related products which work or are
      used together.
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   {To bundle off}, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony;
      as, the working mothers bundle their children off to
      school and then try to get themselves to work on time.

   {To bundle one's self up}, to wrap one's self up warmly or
      cumbrously.
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