Fummel

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hinny (the hybrid of a male horse and a female donkey). UK, dialectal, obsolete

    "After the conclusion of the regular sport, a match, two miles, came off between a fummel (2 yrs old) and a pony (aged, which seemed to excite some interest from the large cavalcade of horsemen who followed them round the course. The fummel won easy."

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hinny

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"After the conclusion of the regular sport, a match, two miles, came off between a fummel (2 yrs old) and a pony (aged, which seemed to excite some interest from the large cavalcade of horsemen who followed them round the course. The fummel won easy."

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