5 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUMGRUFFIAN»
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Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage
Also OEDS humgruffian + cits 1842, 1825) a The word is common in Mrat.
Humming Bird Medal n phr (Trin & Tbgo) See H.B.M. humming-bird trum pet n (
phr) (Trin) fl ANTIGUA-HEATH (Bdos, etc) [From the shape of the Soweret and its
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Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, 2003
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The Chambers Dictionary
See humph2. humgruffin hum-gruf'in or humgruffian -i-m. n a terrible person. [
Appar hum1 and griffin] humhum hum' hum. n a kind of plain, coarse cotton cloth
used in the East Indies. Humian. See Humean. humic. See under humus1 humid
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3
John Bull in America: Or, The New Munchausen
... and exclaimed, " Marry come up — I thought as much ; pride and poverty
generally go together." Another declared she would not give a pin, to save such a
rude humgruffian from starving ; and a third pronounced me a strolling player out
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James Kirke Paulding, 1825
Go on foot. Br slang. HOWK, v. Dig. Scots. HUCKLE, v. Arrest. Glasgow. (Agutter
and Cowan, 1981) HUMDUDGEON, n. Fuss, needless complaint. Obsolete Scots
. HUMGRUFFIANLY, adj. Nonce formation on humgruffian, variant of humgriffin, ...
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Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
ТТТГ, TR ТТТТ, TtTT TT TT ^ЧТ; also humectate; adjs. & ns. humectant,
humective TTSTT, TT TT TT тмт; л. humectation humerus л. M'iRs+l, 1Р„ЧТТ; р/.
humeri; adj. humeral ТТТ-, F.TTTT; "• ^ТТТ, H>4I«H.UI, Prt humgruffin,
humgruffian л.
Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī, 1981
