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Dumble
noun
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Noun
- 1 A shady valley, a dingle; especially one with steep wooded sides and a stream running through it. Midlands
"When a stream runs in a deep dell, particularly in clay districts, the steep banks and stream form what are called a “dumble” in Nottinghamshire."
- 2 The club rush. East, Yorkshire
"Recently Dr. K. J. Allison has come across a Leconfield lease of 1631 which included 'all the earl 's dumbles growing in Arram Carr' ?"
Etymology
Probable variant of dimble.
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