¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humpies
1. humpy [n] - See also: humpy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humpies
Literary usage of Humpies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Big Game Shooting by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1894)
"and the filthy gorged American eagle sits puking and moping with ruffled feathers
among cleaned back bones and rejected heads and tails of humpies, ..."
2. How the Present Came from the Past by Margaret Elizabeth Wells (1917)
"None but THB WOMEN- HIDING IN THE humpies WHILE THE BOYS GO INTO THE SCRUB. ...
Young women, scamper away and hide yourself in the humpies (coverings made ..."
3. Tasmanians in the Transvaal War by John Bufton (1905)
"The "humpies" we are in are made of mud, with iron roofs and earth floors; very
comfortable ... They are quartered in the row of humpies alongside the SA's. ..."
4. Parliamentary Debates by Australia Parliament (1909)
"The honorable member's object is to advertise to keep immigrants away ; and that
is why he photographed those miners' humpies and sent copies Home. ..."
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