Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Anything worthless.
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- noun obsolete
Totally worthless object orperson ; something that is justin the way .
Etymologies
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cumber + ground
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Examples
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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 cumberground.
The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin
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The day will surely come, when I must quit this frail tabernacle, and it may be soon -- I certainly know, I am not of importance eno 'in this world, for any one to wish my stay -- rather am I, and so I consider myself as a cumberground.
Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 Anna Green Winslow 1881
sionnach commented on the word cumberground
something totally worthless and in the way.
January 9, 2008
yaybob commented on the word cumberground
Someone who takes up space.
December 9, 2008