ˈstumpie Sc.
[f. stump n.1 + -ie.]
1. Playfully used for: The stump of a pen.
| 1785 Burns 2nd Epist. J. Lapraik vi, Sae I gat paper in a blink, An' down gaed stumpie in the ink. 1821 W. Liddle Poems 181, If I can do't afore I leave ye, Wi' ink and stumpie. |
2. A person with a stumpy figure. Also, a small child.
| 1820 Glenfergus III. 142 These upstart stumpies, the Lumgaires, and their manœuvring mother, are determined to secure the coronet. 1866 J. Smith Merry Bridal 7 Weel tether'd, weel gether'd, They 'gree'd like yowe an' lamb, Wi' meal-cogs an' kail-cogs For stumpies when they cam'. |