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Word: dumpish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pound, two shillings and tenpence-and lowborn Nelly was cheaper to keep than dames of high degree. She was generally a sight less meddlesome. "All matters of state with her soul she does hate," the broadside ran, "and leaves to the politic bitches." And not least: "When he was dumpish, still would she be jocund / And chuck the royal chin of Charles the Second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Darling Strumpet | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

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