10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUMMLEGUMPTION»
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I only glanced intill him. The “Acted Charades," are silly, I think; the “ Noctes' are
still gude, but begin to grow same ; “ Mansie Wauch" is a bore; an' the poleetical
papers are subversive of rummlegumption. Dam-You are a keen whig, Clincher.
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Poems and Songs: Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
Weel dune, auld daddy, lilt it aff, *• Nor min' a " self-important flajE,!,' 0' crabbit
critics wi' presumption, Tho' scSnt eneugh o' rummlegumption; Big men o' sense
maun shaw their learnin', Their talents shrewd an' keen discernin', For a' their ...
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A dictionary of the Scottish language [by E. Picken].
Rummage, v. a. to search through eagerly, turning up and throwing aside "every
thing to find the object of search. Rtfmmle, v. n. to stir about, to rumble. Rummle-
gairy, adj. disorderly. Rummlegumption, s. common sense. Rumple, s. the rump,
...
Time alone will show how this will end." " End ! It will end in a merry wedding, for
a ye threep the contrary. Methought ye had mair rummlegumption than to believe
we would mind the whigmaleeries 0' a whingein' lassie." " Heaven grant it !
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
T. BULLIONS, s. pi. Coarse shoes. To RUMMLE. v. n. To stir about ; to ramble.
RUMMLE-GAIRY. a. Disorderly. RUMMLEGUMPTION. i. Comraon sense.
RUMPLE, s. The ramp ; the tail ; name for the parliament during Cromwell's time.
BROON.
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Crabbit critics wi' presumption, Tho' scant enough 0' rummlegumption, Wars-on
Poems (1853) 97. Edb. Without a spark o' rumelgumphtion, Unfit for any usfou'
function, Lnanuom- Poems (1791) :42. Slk. Ye sude hae staid at hame . . . till ye ...
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Another Breath of Border
But they, poor things, were dim creatures compared with Jessie, and, in her
opinion, had little rummlegumption. Rummlegumption was Jessie's word for
commonsense, which she herself possessed in abundance. Upright in every way
, straight ...
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Persistent questions in public discussion
London : Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1885. Questions and topics for the
discussion of this address, and of other phases of the general subject with which
it deals, will be found on pages 493 and 500. "rummlegumption." The Reform
League ...
Alexander Magnus Drummond, Everett Lee Hunt, 1924
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The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition
... shrewdness 11 discernment, rumgumption 12 practicality, sensibleness 13
judiciousness, rumelgumption, rumlegumption 14 hardheadedness,
rumblegumption, rummelgumption, rummlegumption 15 levelheadedness
commonwealth 03 ...
“I thocht ye had the rummlegumption tae put your foot doon with a wee lass.
She's nae Gifted like your sister, only a wee bit thrawn. Ye shoudna be mixed in
such a wanchancy business, hin.” Realizing belatedly that she was the object of
this ...
