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bunkie
DCHP-2 (Nov 2012)
Spelling variants:bunky
1n. — diminutive, Ontario, Housing
a building on the property of a summer home that provides additional lodging for guests.
Type: 3. Semantic Change — In Canada, the term is a short form of bunkhouse (see the 2013 quotation) that refers not to workers’ quarters but to summer guest lodging. The term is a Canadianism (see Chart 1), used almost exclusively in Ontario (see Chart 2). Compare also Casselman, s.v. bunkie, who defines the term as "a word used chiefly in Ontario [...] and most often in southern Ontario."
See also COD-2, s.v. "bunkie", which is marked "Cdn (S Ont)".
See also COD-2, s.v. "bunkie", which is marked "Cdn (S Ont)".
See: bunkhouse(meaning 2)
Quotations
1974
Fully Winterized, $25,900. Fully furnished large cottage and bunky, 75 ft. water front lot. Boat and motor, fireplace and many other extras.
1989
People want a southwest exposure, a Muskoka room (screened-in porch), fully equipped guest cabin or just a Bunkie (more Muskoka jargon for a one-room cabin), [...]
1999
For their money, they got a 600-square-foot, two-bedroom cottage and a two-bedroom "bunkie" or guest house, on a pie-shaped lot with 100 feet of lakefront.
2003
Marg first came to the area in the mid-1930s when her folks bought a small piece of land and erected a pre-fabricated one-room bunkie.
2013
Before I address your lowerlevel space, I do have to ask if you have considered building a bunkie on your property? Bunkhouses (bunkie for short), so called because they traditionally contain bunk beds to maximize sleeping space, are common in cottage country. Perhaps you don't have enough room to build on your property? If you do have room (you'd need 100 to 300 sq. ft.), you may want to look into it.
References
- Casselman • "Bunkie & Bunk Bed: Canadian and American Meanings of Bunkie"
- COD-2
Images
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 8 Oct. 2013
