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verb
Mump  v. i.  
1.
To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. "He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip."
2.
To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.
3.
To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. "And then when mumping with a sore leg,... canting and whining."
4.
To be sullen or sulky. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Mump" Quotes from Famous Books



... heroic note. What is man's chief end? Let him study that; and ask himself if to refuse to enjoy God's kindest gifts is in the spirit indicated. Up, Dullard! It is better service to enjoy a novel than to mump. ...
— The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 1 • Robert Louis Stevenson
... The expression of Mump's face, which seemed to be tolerating the superfluous existence of objects in general, was strongly confirmatory of ...
— The Mill on the Floss • George Eliot


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