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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1889
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¶YUMPLING, vbl.n. Grumbling, complaining.Hdg. 1889 J. Lumsden Lays Linton 18:
They might have been heard yumpling and complaining to each other of their dire defeat and doleful distress.
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