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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶MUMPILEESE, v.? To appropriate to one's own ends. Nonce.Ayr. 1822 Galt Provost xliii.:
In a' stations of life there are persons who would mumpileese the retinue of the King and government for their own behoof and eeteration.
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