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stumpsucker

[ stuhmp-suhk-er ]

noun

  1. windsucker; cribber.
  2. a shoot developing from a tree stump.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stumpsucker1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; stump + sucker

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