Bundle

Origin of: Bundle

Bundle

Slang for a lot of money or all the cash that one has on one's person. Originally American from the late 19th century, but soon thereafter adopted throughout the English-speaking world. Bundle can also be used figuratively, for example, 'I don't go a bundle on baseball' meaning 'I don't much care for the game', from the allusion perhaps that one would not spend money to watch it. This figurative usage dates from the 1930s. Bundle is also British slang for a fight, especially a street, bar or gang fight, the American equivalent of rumble, and dates from the 1950s.To drop a bundle means to lose a lot of money. (In Australian and New Zealand slang it has several other meanings. depending on the context, and can mean to panic, lose hope, defecate, or even give birth!)