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A bindle is the bag, sack, or carrying device stereotypically used by the American
“Folding a Paper Bindle”
2017, National Forensic Technology Training Center.
“Paper Evidence Fold”
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A bindle is the bag, sack, or carrying device stereotypically used by the American sub-culture
A subculture is a group of people within a culture that differentiates itself from the parent culture to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles. Subcultures develop their own norms and values regarding cultural, poli ...
of hobo
A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States. Hoboes, tramps and bums are generally regarded as related, but distinct: a hobo travels and is willing to work; a tramp travels, but avoids work if possible; and a bum neither travels nor works.
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s. The bindle is colloquially known as the ''blanket stick'', particularly within the Northeastern hobo community.
A hobo who carried a bindle was known as a bindlestiff. According to James Blish in his novel, ''A Life for the Stars'', a bindlestiff was specifically a hobo who had stolen another hobo's bindle, from the colloquium ''stiff'', as in steal.
In modern popular culture the bindle is portrayed as a stick with cloth or a blanket tied around one end for carrying items, with the entire array being carried over the shoulder. This transferred force to the shoulder, which allowed a longer-lasting and comfortable grip, especially with larger heavier loads. Particularly in cartoons, the bindles' sacks usually have a polka-dot or bandanna design. However, in actual use the bindle can take many forms.
One example of the stick-type bindle can be seen in the illustration entitled ''The Runaway'' created by Norman Rockwell for the cover of the September 20, 1958, edition of '' The Saturday Evening Post''. This depiction has led to a standard in modern cartoons for if a character runs away.
Though bindles are virtually gone, they are still widely seen in popular culture as a prevalent anachronism
An anachronism (from the Ancient Greek, Greek , 'against' and , 'time') is a chronology, chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of people, events, objects, language terms and customs from different time per ...
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The term ''bindle'' may descend from the German word ''Bündel'', meaning something wrapped up in a blanket and bound by cord for carrying (''cf.'' originally Middle Dutch ''bundel''), or have arisen as a portmanteau of ''bind'' and ''spindle''.
Powder packet
''Bindle'' is also a term used inforensics
Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and crimina ...
. It is the name for a piece of paper folded into an envelope or packet to hold trace evidence: hairs, fibers or powders. Similarly, ''bindle'' is sometimes used to describe a small package of powdered drugs.
See also
*Carrying pole
A carrying pole, also called a shoulder pole or a milkmaid's yoke, is a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load. This piece of equipment is used in one of two basic ways:
*A single person balances the yoke over one shoulder, with ...
* Sarcina
References
External links
“Folding a Paper Bindle”
2017, National Forensic Technology Training Center.
“Paper Evidence Fold”
2014, VDFS, Virginia. {{Bags Bags Luggage Forensic equipment