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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1570
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(Plump,) Plompe, n.1 (Late ME. and e.m.E. plumpe (of persons) (? a 1400), plomp (c 1400), plompe, plowmpe, also ? plumbe (1568), a compact body of persons, animals or things, a cluster. Of unknown origin.) — 1570 Leslie 228.
The Scottis … drawe the Inglismen … back to the hechest ground … quhair thay stude at defence on a plompe together
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