Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bumble.
- To blunder.
- noun A bumblebee.
- noun An idle fellow; a drone.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The German usage is worth comparing with the obsolescent American bummer and with bummle in British dialect.
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"T 'god o' flies taks out his book an 'begins to read t' list: 'Five hunderd mawks, three hunderd atter-cops, two hunderd an' fifty bummle-bees. '
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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