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Definition of Glumps
1. the sulks [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glumps
Literary usage of Glumps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"Pl . Sullenness, sulkiness, ill-humour. " You're in the glumps to day." This word
prevails in Scotland, according to Jamieson, who gives, "glumps, ..."
2. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"is an exclamation used at the moment of the cast. Glump, (i) vn To sulk, look
sullen. Midlands. (2) so. A sulky, morose person. glumps, sb. pi. ..."
3. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"GLUM, sullen, gloomy. " As glum as a thundercloud." glumps, sulks. " Down in the
glumps," sulky, ..."
4. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"glumps. A person has got the " glumps " who is short and crabbed in speech when
spoken to. ..."
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