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batie-bum
† ˈbatie-bum, -bummil Sc. Obs. An inactive helpless fellow; a useless bungler.a 1550 Christis Kirke Gr. 131 He muddlit thame doun lyk ony myss, He wes na baity bummil. 1572 A. Arbuthnot Mis. Pure Scolar, Bot thane am I comptit ane batie-bum, And all men thinks a play me till injure. Oxford English Dictionary
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bumble
▪ I. ˈbumble, n.1 Also 6 Sc. bombill, 8 Sc. bummil, bummle. [f. bumble v.1] 1. ? A humming noise; bluster. Sc.1597 Montgomerie Flyting 105 for all ȝour bombill. 2. a. A bumble-bee. b. ‘A provincial name for the Common Bittern’ (Atkinson Prov. Names of Birds 1864).1638 Whiting Albino & Bell. (N.) Yon... Oxford English Dictionary
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bum
▪ I. bum, n.1 Not in polite use. (bʌm) Forms: 4 bom, 6 bumbe, 6–7 bumme, bomm(e, 7–8 bumb, 6– bum. [Origin uncertain. Probably onomatopœic, to be compared with other words of similar sound and with the general sense of ‘protuberance, swelling’, e.g. bump n., bumb a pimple, mod.Icel. bumba belly of a... Oxford English Dictionary
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