2. Noun. (plural of flump) ¹
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Definition of Flumps
1. flump [v] - See also: flump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flumps
Literary usage of Flumps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and by Isaac Weld (1800)
"The flumps of the trees alfo, on land newly cleared, ... They never throw up
fuckers, as flumps of trees would do in England if left in that manner. ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... noble flumps left to rot ; whole trees, which on trial would not rive well,
left for years, and now rotting untouched : and in working ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1779)
"... remaining flumps ... which being alfo pruned down to flumps of an inch or two
long, as above, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-trees: In which a New by William Forsyth (1802)
"Several experiments had alfo been made on decayed and hollow flumps (where little
or nothing but bark remained) of Elms of very ..."
5. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"To fall flatly or heavily "'A Ml flump." A hawk flumps or flops on a bird.
An ungraceful person flumps into a chair. "A come down sitch a flump!" See FLOP. ..."
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