Sc. and north. dial. Also 6 (Sc. bwn), bunn. [Derivation unknown: the Gael. bun, ‘stump, root,’ has been compared.] The tail of a hare; in Sc. also transf. of human beings. (Cf. tail.) See also BUNT sb.4

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c. 1538.  Lyndesay, Supplic. anent Tailles, 56. I lauch best to se ane Nwn, Gar beir hir taill abone hir bwn.

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a. 1578.  Gude & Godly Ballates ‘Hay trix’ (1868), 179. The seily Nunnis Keist up their bunnis.

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1789.  Davidson, Seasons, 27 (Jam.). Poor maukin … scudding cocks Her bun.

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1805.  A. Scott, Poems, 50 (Jam.). We British frogs … bathe our buns amang the stanks.

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1847–78.  Halliw., Bun, the tail of a hare. North.

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