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dumpy
/ˈdʌmpi/
noun 4adj 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
dummy, frumpy, worse
VERB + DUMPY
look, makes, renting
DUMPY + NOUN
boy, dumper, street
Definitions
adj
1
Short and thick; stout or stocky.
noun
1
A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
Yet I don't like dumpies either, and Brown says she is little and stout—the better fitted for a wiry, starved-looking chap like you.
2
A small bottle of beer.
Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10.
“Once you start drinking you have many friends drinking with you,” the University of Johannesburg student explained. “I drink whiskey and I drink beer. I drink heavily on weekends but during the week I have about three or four dumpies. I don’t pass out. I just get drunk,” he said.
3
Ellipsis of dumpy level.
Most manufacturers have ceased making dumpies, and a number have even stopped making tilting levels, […]
adj
1
Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
"I knew it!" Barry screeched. "A dump bike for the dummy. Hey, dumpy boy. Dumper! Ha, haaaaaaaaagh!"
At first, I had no idea you had money, and you didn't seem like a snoot. The place where you were renting was a dumpy place. When you turned out to have money, I was surprised.
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Yet I don't like dumpies either, and Brown says she is little and stout—the better fitted for a wiry, starved-looking chap like you.
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Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10.
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“Once you start drinking you have many friends drinking with you,” the University of Johannesburg student explained. “I drink whiskey and I drink beer. I drink heavily on weekends but during the week
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"I knew it!" Barry screeched. "A dump bike for the dummy. Hey, dumpy boy. Dumper! Ha, haaaaaaaaagh!"
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At first, I had no idea you had money, and you didn't seem like a snoot. The place where you were renting was a dumpy place. When you turned out to have money, I was surprised.
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On the other side of the walls was a dumpy, trash-ridden street of the IZ, not far from an old government building of Saddam Hussein.
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