† stupex Obs.
App. a jocular improvement on stupe n.2
1853 Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 338 ‘The little stupexes!’ exclaimed Miss Glitters. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. 81 The light of nature would show that to any one but a stupex. |
† stupex Obs.
App. a jocular improvement on stupe n.2
1853 Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 338 ‘The little stupexes!’ exclaimed Miss Glitters. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. 81 The light of nature would show that to any one but a stupex. |
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