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bumblepuppy

[ buhm-buh l-puhp-ee ]
/ ˈbʌm bəlˌpʌp i /
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noun

a game of whist played carelessly or contrary to rules and conventions.

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Nearby words

  1. bumblebeefish,
  2. bumbleberry,
  3. bumbledom,
  4. bumblefoot,
  5. bumbleheaded,
  6. bumbling,
  7. bumblingly,
  8. bumboat,
  9. bumbry,
  10. bumetanide

Origin of bumblepuppy

First recorded in 1795–1805; bumble1 + puppy
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for bumble-puppy

  • For the latter have played not whist, but Bumble-puppy, and the former have only frequented a watering-place for a time.

    Certain Personal Matters|H. G. Wells
British Dictionary definitions for bumble-puppy

bumble-puppy

noun

a game in which a ball, attached by string to a post, is hit so that the string winds round the post
(modifier) (of whist or bridge) played unskilfully
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