"'cumber" meaning in All languages combined

See 'cumber on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: 'cumbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 'cumber (plural 'cumbers)
  1. Alternative form of cumber (“cucumber”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cumber (extra: cucumber)
    Sense id: en-'cumber-en-noun-0EC0TgBj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "A nephew invites Lee and myself to look round his farm: cucumbers, pumpkins and ganja all planted in the steep flinty side of a fire-blackened hill. We return as the sun is setting, Lee having arranged to collect some 'cumbers to take back with him to Kingston.",
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