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- noun Alternative spelling of
cumberground .
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Examples
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I have waited, saith God, these three years; I have missed of fruit these three years; it hath been a cumber-ground these three years; cut it down.
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When God comes the next year, he finds him still as he was, a barren, fruitless cumber-ground.
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"It is a cumber-ground," saith the Father; "One year longer," prays the Son:
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Of what complexion thou art I cannot certainly divine; but the parable tells thee that the cumber-ground must be cut down.
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At last it is cut down as a cumber-ground and burnt.
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'Thou hast been a cumber-ground long already, and wilt thou continue so still?
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The cumber-ground must to the wood-pile, and thence to the fire.
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O thou cumber-ground, God expects fruit, God will come seeking fruit shortly.
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A cumber-ground professor is not only a provocation to God,
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The church, and a profession, are the best of places for the upright, but the worst in the world for the cumber-ground.
Gammerstang commented on the word cumber-ground
Someone who takes up space.
January 9, 2018