Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumfs
Literary usage of Bumfs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"... bumfs within a reed, " To thee alone, O Lake," she said, " I tell, (And as
thy queen command ihee to conceal)" Fables: Chaucer's ..."
2. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1901)
"Farther on. to the right, are bumfs Monument and the New Calton Burial Ground (PI.
G, 3). To the S. of the Register House (see above), ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1825)
"... that when Finnegan, who accompanied his hospitable tribe, fell into the bumfs
of the adverse party, they laughed much at bis color and appearance, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1840)
"8ю, bds. £1. IDs. pub. at £2. 168 Bloom's Pulpit Oratory in the Reign of James 1st..
8vo. bds. 2s. Gd.' - IKU 169 bumfs History of Jacob, ..."
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