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- noun Plural form of
mumpsimus .
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Examples
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"I am abundantly ready -- only, pray you, let me have a good tilt with the old _mumpsimuses_ first."
Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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-- ` _Mumpsimuses_, knave! 'saith he, ` _mumpsimuses_! thou art an heretic knave!' and sware a great oath.
Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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