"numps" meaning in All languages combined

See numps on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: numpses [plural]
Etymology: Compare numb. Etymology templates: {{m|en|numb}} numb Head templates: {{en-noun}} numps (plural numpses)
  1. (obsolete) A fool; a blockhead. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: nump
    Sense id: en-numps-en-noun-RE3iNKNA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1673, Samuel Parker, A Reproof to the Rehearsal Transprosed",
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          "ref": "1902, John Kendrick Bangs, chapter 10, in Olympian Nights",
          "text": "\"You're a dizzard!\" I retorted. \"And a noodle and a jolt-head; you're a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you're a Hatter!\" I shrieked the last epithet.",
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