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Mump   Listen
verb
Mump  v. i.  
1.
To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. "He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip."
2.
To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.
3.
To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. "And then when mumping with a sore leg,... canting and whining."
4.
To be sullen or sulky. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Mump" Quotes from Famous Books



... fence, or mace, or mack; Or moskeneer, or flash the drag; Dead-lurk a crib, or do a crack; Pad with a slang, or chuck a fag; Bonnet, or tout, or mump and gag; Rattle the tats, or mark the spot You cannot bank a single stag: Booze and the blowens ...
— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] • John S. Farmer


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