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Definition of Dumpled
1. dumple [v] - See also: dumple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumpled
Literary usage of Dumpled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1905)
"He was a little man, dumpled up together, and so ill made as to seem almost
deformed, but with a singular expression of talent in his countenance. ..."
2. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"Next ask that dumpled hag, stood snuffling by, With her three frowsy-browsy brats
o' babes, The scum o' the kennel, cream o' the filth-heap —Faugh? ..."
3. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"Next ask that dumpled hag, stood snuffling by, With her three frowsy blowsy brats
o' babes, The scum o' the kennel, cream o' the filth-heap — Faugh ! ..."
4. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"Next ask that dumpled hag, stood snuffling by, With her three frowsy blowsy brats
o' babes, The scum o' the Kennel, cream o' the filth-heap—Faugh! ..."
5. Philip Massinger by Philip Massinger, Arthur Symons (1887)
"Would it were whole in thy belly, To stuff it out ! cook it any way; prithee,
leave me, Greedy. Without order for the dumpling ? Over. Let it be dumpled ..."
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