10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUMPISH»
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Kevin R. Glover. “He's been building that,” the demon muttered, pointing at the
box. Lucifer sighed. “I know that, you idiot! I can see that myself. What else?”
There was a long pause. It often took Mumpish a long time to process his
thoughts.
Remember what I told you about him being a mumpish crank?” “Termagant bitch,
” Willis sneered, as I giggled to myself. I had learned despite my lack of years
then that when terms like mumpish crank and termagant bitch started to be
bandied ...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
e-Sut'. (F.H.) Wil.I How ter'ble mumping she do look! Hence (1) Mumpish, 12)
Mumpy, adj. sulky, gloomy; depressed, out of spirits. (ll lKen. Well yecs, yer Riv'
rencc, Nellie here's got mumpish und crumpish loike, so here we be, Kurtis/1 ll'm'
dmg ...
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Earnest Victorians: six great Victorians as portrayed in ...
'She is mumpish, I think.' Mumpish! 'She does not talk,' resumed he — 'Perhaps
she is nervous' — my aunt apologised — I said not one word . . . When birds have
their eyes out, they are apt to be mumpish. Mumpish! The expression proved a ...
Robert A. Rosenbaum, 1961
Oh, I don't know,' he went on to say. ' She is mumpish, I think.' Mumpish ! ' She
does not talk,' resumed he. " ' Perhaps she is nervous,' my aunt apologised. I said
not one word. Mumpish ! The expression proved a displeasure. . . . Poor Papa !
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Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett: the courtship ...
'She is mumpish, I think.' Mumpish! 'She doesn't talk,' resumed he — 'Perhaps
she is nervous' .. my aunt apologized — I said not one word .. When birds have
their eyes out, they are apt to be mumpish. Mumpish! — The expression proved a
...
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1989
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National and English Review
Oh, I don't know/ he went on to say. ' She is mumpish, I think.' Mumpish ! ' She
does not talk,' resumed he. " ' Perhaps she is nervous,' my aunt apologised. I said
not one word. Mumpish ! The expression proved a displeasure. . . . Poor Papa !
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning; a portrait
She is mumpish, I think ! " Then after a pause : " She doesn't talk." " Perhaps she
is nervous," said Mrs. Hedley, adding with what we can only characterise as
surprising temerity. " When birds have their eyes out they are apt to be mumpish.
Isabel Constance Clarke, 1929
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Andromeda in Wimpole Street: the love story of Robert and ...
'She is mumpish I think.' Mumpish! " 'She does not talk,' resumed he — " 'Perhaps
she is nervous' — my aunt apologised — I said not one word — When birds have
their eyes out, they are apt to be mumpish. "Mumpish ! The expression proved ...
Dormer Creston, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1943
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The Browning Love-story
'She is mumpish, I think.' Mumpish ! 'She does not talk,' resumed he . . . Mumpish !
The expression proved a displeasure. Yet I am sure I have shown as little
sullenness as was possible. To be very talkative and vivacious under such ...
Dallas Kenmore (pseud.), 1969
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUMPISH»
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Eee lass, you look a right stridewallops in your apple catchers …
... some extremely strong feelings - such as: ugsomeness, the 15th century word used to describe loathing. mumpish (1721) is someone who is ... «Daily Mail, Nov 09»
