bumkin

British

/ ˈbʌmkɪn /

noun

a variant spelling of boomkin

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And that's notably observ'd, Bumkin; for so we found it here.

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Why I am now in my Element, Bumkin; for thou know'st my Education has been toward the Law.

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Thou art two great Owls, Bumkin, in a very few words.

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Why pre'thee, Bumkin, we must make 'um believe stranger Things than This, or we shall never do our businesse.

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Bumkin, Bumpkin, bum′kin, n. a short beam of timber projecting from each bow of a ship, for the purpose of extending the lower corner of the foresail to windward: a small outrigger over the stern of a boat, usually serving to extend the mizzen.

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