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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

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n. (gŬmp)

[Cf. Sw. & Dan. gump buttocks, rump, Icel. gumpr.]
A dolt; a dunce. [Low.] Holloway.

Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang:

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  1. gump
    Also gumph
    noun, dialect and US, dated

    A fool. (1825 —) .
    A. Gilbert She might do her best to attract attention—any girl who wasn't a complete gumph would (1945).

    [Origin unknown.]
  2. gump
    noun, US

    A chicken. (1914 —) .
    American Ballads & Folk Songs Not even a shack to beg for a lump, Or a hen-house to frisk for a single gump (1934).

    [Perh. the same word as gump1 noun.]



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