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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A dunce; a blockhead. Northern-England, Scotland

   "His daughter, that sumph that was Mistress Bruce, fair jumped as she heard the bang of the door [...]."

2. 2
   Obsolete form of sump (“lowest part of a mineshaft, into which water drains”). alt-of, obsolete

Synonyms

All synonyms

cesspoolartificial lakebaygallbayou lakebogbottom

Example

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"His daughter, that sumph that was Mistress Bruce, fair jumped as she heard the bang of the door [...]."

Etymology

Unknown.

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