See scumber on Wiktionary
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"text": "A human vulture, God sent thee The world's great scavenger to be. To cleanse it of its scumber;",
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"ref": "1660, Howell, James., Lexicon Tetraglotton […] :",
"text": "[…] the Scumber of the Fox, the Spraints of the Otter[…]",
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"ref": "1958, Djuna Barnes, The Antiphon:",
"text": "Let’s see, if by your scumber, you are fox!",
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"text": "Someone shouts something and he turns and shouts back, ‘Just going for a scumber, all right? Back in a moment.",
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"ref": "1655, Mennes, John, Sir, 1599-1671, Musarum Deliciae ; and, Wit Restor'd:",
"text": "But he that gaines the glory here Muſt ſcumber furtheſt, ſhite moſt clear.",
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"text": "[…]and old Nick turn me into Bumfodder, if this did not make me ſo hide-bound and coſtive; that for four or five Days I hardly ſcumber'd one poor Butt of Sir-reverance and that too was full as dry and hard, I protest",
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"text": "He’s not to come in the house, though, Natasha. Other than to scumber, I suppose. / What? / To disencumber. His bowels.",
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"text": "But that their beds were heav'd on high ; They thought some dog under did lie, And meant i' th' chamber (fie, fie, fie,) To scumber.",
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