2. Verb. (third-person singular of bumble) ¹
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Definition of Bumbles
1. bumble [v] - See also: bumble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumbles
Literary usage of Bumbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fraser's Magazine (1875)
"The signal had been made for general quarters, and duly answered by the fleet ;
but bumbles had said, ' Oh, never mind, Mr. B. ; go on with the scraping and ..."
2. Essays and Phantasies by James Thomson (1881)
"And now and then he goes further yet, half awaking to the perception that he
himself, and many of his dearest brother bumbles, of the glorious dynasty of ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1864)
"... by what process of derivation his later and more permament name of bumbles
was evolved, I confess myself at a loss to explain) just when bumbles was ..."
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