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Definition of Dumpiest
1. dumpy [adj] - See also: dumpy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumpiest
Literary usage of Dumpiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1864)
"Ho had a most damnable disposition. Ho said ho hated a dumpy woman. Ho needn't
have said that. His own mother was the dumpiest woman I ever saw in my life. ..."
2. The Story of the Pullman Car by Joseph Husband (1917)
"From the most gorgeous first- class carriage down to the dumpiest begrimed coal
car, all British railway conveyances rested on four iron wheels, ..."
3. A history of architecture in all countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1867)
"... with Corinthian and Ionic pilasters, as badly designed as they are executed,
alternating with ranges of balusters of the dumpiest and clumsiest forms. ..."
4. The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture: Being a Concise and Popular by James Fergusson (1855)
"... with Corinthian and Ionic pilasters, as badly designed as they are executed,
alternating with ranges of balusters of the dumpiest and clumsiest forms. ..."
5. Wall-street to Cashmere by John B. Ireland (1859)
"... and boats in the harbor—from the latest and swiftest clippers from China and
Australia, down to the dullest and dumpiest of old ships or brigs, ..."
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