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Nov 8, 2009
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bun•ting



Pronunciation: (bun'ting), [key]
—n.
1. a coarse, open fabric of worsted or cotton for flags, signals, etc.
2. patriotic and festive decorations made from such cloth, or from paper, usually in the form of draperies, wide streamers, etc., in the colors of the national flag.
3. flags, esp. a vessel's flags, collectively.

bun•ting



Pronunciation: (bun'ting), [key]
—n.
any of several small, chiefly seed-eating birds of the genera Emberiza, Passerina, and Plectrophenax. Cf. indigo bunting, reed bunting, snow bunting.

bun•ting



Pronunciation: (bun'ting), [key]
—n.
a hooded sleeping garment for infants. Also called sleeper.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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