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MUMP Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. dialectal, England : beg, sponge . one prince came mumping to them annually T. B. Macaulay. 2. dialectal, England : cheat.
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mumping, adj.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective mumping is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for mumping is from 1594, in the writing of Thomas Nashe, ...
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Mumping - World Wide Words
Mumping is an uncommon word for this seasonal activity, mostly known in the West Country. More commonly it's mumming, for a performance that was originally in ...
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mumping
▪ I. mumping, vbl. n.1 Obs. exc. dial. (ˈmʌmpɪŋ) [f. mump v.1 + -ing1.] The action of grimacing.1611 Cotgr., Minauderies, foolish trickes, apish pranks, mumpings, mowings. 1721 Kelly Scot. Prov. 183, I know your meaning, by your mumping. a 1734 North Exam. i. iii §46 We are to understand his Meaning...
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mumping, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
mumping n. ... 1. begging. ... 2. attrib. use of sense 1. ... ← mumphazard, n. mumping-piece, n. →. Share this ...
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mumping - Urban Dictionary
mumping: Brit slang for begging stuff, [usually] used to refer to [policemen] extracting low-value goods or services (cf. [mooching])
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mump
▪ I. mump, n. and a. (mʌmp) Also 6–7 mumpe. [Symbolical of the movements of the lips made in pronouncing the word. Cf. mump v. and mum int. With sense 1 cf. Icel. mumpaskælur grimace with the mouth, mumpr curly beard (Björn Halldórson).] A. n. † 1. A grimace, ‘mouth’. Obs.1592 Nashe P. Penilesse 22 ...
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"MUMPING": Begging or sulking in disguise - OneLook
Usually means: Begging or sulking in disguise. Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History. We found 11 dictionaries that define the word mumping:
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What is the meaning of the word "mumping"? - Facebook
... Mumping Night in South Gloucestershire England. And that, "Mumping is also British police jargon for accepting small favours such as free ...
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mump - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Verb · (ambitransitive) To mumble, speak unclearly. · To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. · (intransitive) To beg, especially if ...
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mumping, n.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the noun mumping is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for mumping is from 1611, in the writing of Randle Cotgrave, ...
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'Know The Meaning By The Mumping' by Karen Maitland
Every herring must hang by its own gill, was the 16th century way of saying Everyone must stand on their own two feet. Then there was the sound ...
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craunch
▪ I. craunch, cranch, v. (krɑːnʃ, krɔːnʃ) [Cranch appears after 1600; in early use it varied with scranch, still given by Johnson, 1755, as retained by the Scots, and now dialectal. As in other words where initial cr- and scr- interchange (cf. crab, scrab, crap, scrap, cratch, scratch), it is doubtf...
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old-wife
old wife, old-wife 1. An old woman. Now usually disparaging (cf. old a. 1 c). (Formerly sometimes as one word.) old wives' fable, old wives' story, old wives' tale, a foolish story such as is told by garrulous old women.1340 Ayenb. 219 A guod ald wyf porchaceþ more of heuene ine one-lepi oure biddin...
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