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numps
noun 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
good
VERB + NUMPS
begin, blockheaded, take
NUMPS + NOUN
dame, gaby, overdoo
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A fool; a blockhead.
These are villainous engines indeed; but take heart, Numps! here is not a word of the stocks; and you need never stand in awe of any more honourable correction.
"You're a dizzard!" I retorted. "And a noodle and a jolt-head; you're a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you're a Hatter!" I shrieked the last epithet.
name
1
A diminutive of the male given name Humphrey.
Humphrey Waspe:[…]And here is a Rogueis the baud o'the cutpurſes, whom I will beat to begin with. Cokes: Numps, Numps. Dame Overdoo: Good Mʳ Humphrey.
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These are villainous engines indeed; but take heart, Numps! here is not a word of the stocks; and you need never stand in awe of any more honourable correction.
Wiktionary02
"You're a dizzard!" I retorted. "And a noodle and a jolt-head; you're a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you're a Hatter!" I shrieked the last
Wiktionary03
Humphrey Waspe:[…]And here is a Rogueis the baud o'the cutpurſes, whom I will beat to begin with. Cokes: Numps, Numps. Dame Overdoo: Good Mʳ Humphrey.
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