dumps
Americannoun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of dumps
1515–25; compare German dumpf dull, Middle Dutch domp haze
Example Sentences
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But what the Dumps Like A Truck team is more passionate about than their food is the cause it’s benefiting.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2018
Dumps Like A Truck is an authentic Chinese food and dumpling truck, but is also an avenue for charity.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2018
The exhaustive Simpsons Wiki page states that the storyline of A Clown in the Dumps involves Krusty merely retiring as a clown.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2014
The death will occur in an episode called A Clown in the Dumps, and that the actor playing the doomed character has won an Emmy for his work on the show.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2014
He had a house big enough to fit fourteen of The Dumps into.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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