Definition of Rumpy

1. a Manx cat [n RUMPIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumpy

rumping
rumple
rumple up
rumpled
rumples
rumpless
rumplier
rumpliest
rumpling
rumply
rumpology
rumps
rumpus
rumpus room
rumpuses
rumpy (current term)
rumrunner
rumrunners
rums
rumseller
rumsellers
run
run-and-gun
run-away
run-aways
run-down
run-ins
run-length encoding

Literary usage of Rumpy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Isle of Man: Its History, Physical, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Legendary by Joseph George Cumming (1848)
"The Samphire-gatherers.—Spanish Head.—rumpy cats.—The Calf Islet and Cow Harbour.—The city of the Conies. ..."

2. An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, from the Earliest by Joseph Train (1845)
"A modern author speaks with more certainty by affirming that the rumpy is the genuine aboriginal cat of the Island.2 As a mouser, the rumpy is preferred to ..."

3. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1871)
"The animal which attracts the attention of zoologist« is the Manx Cat, the Stubbin or rumpy, a tailless variety of the common Cat, Felii га/ut. ..."

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