soup bunch
n.— «“How do you sell these soup bunches?” said he, picking up a peck measure full of herbs.» —“Hermann and the Hucksters” Waukesha Freeman (Wisc.) Feb. 1, 1883. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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