sumph

Nova Scotia only a detail; he knew that all his services counted for less in their eyes than did the claims of {130} some 'sumph' whose father or uncle could influence a vote on a division.

The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe 1903

All of a sudden he goes like this -- "And giving a queer dull" sumph "of a sound, he jerked his body limp towards his knees --" Gone!

Tatterdemalion John Galsworthy 1900

And ony sumph that keeps up spite, in conscience, I abhor him

Tullochgorum 1996

And ony sumph that keeps up spite, in conscience, I abhor him

Tullochgorum (2) 1996

"The're coming; cock the piece, ye sumph!" cried the laddie, while his red hair rose, from his pow like feathers.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909

Fool, idiot, sumph -- Jones tried them all on the image of the defunct, but they were too small.

The Man Who Lost Himself 1907

"She was; but he's such a perfect sumph, I'm thankful she's got quit of him."

The Prodigal Father 1907

To his face she referred to him as a doited sumph, but to Grizel pleading for him she admitted that despite his warts and quarrelsome legs he was a great big muckle sonsy, stout, buirdly well set up, wise-like, havering man.

Tommy and Grizel 1898

Saunders -- the muckle tongueless sumph there got dirt cheap -- ye see

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

My God, what a ke-o of _my_ life I've made -- that auld trollop for my wife, that sumph for my son, and that dying lassie for my dochter!

The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885