sumph
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sumph
C18: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Here’s James Malone, the honest, simple sumph come back again.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables
“A few weeks, I suppose; because, as it lowers, we shall have to put down fresh machinery to reach it, and so on, right to the sumph at the bottom.”
From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hal Hurst
"Because he was just a sumph," answered Gavinia, scornfully.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
O. N. p regularly remains p. p > ph finally in sumph.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
They forget that a sumph may just as truly be said to border on a sage.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
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