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Murrays New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025.
Chumpish
a.
[? f.
C
HUMP
+ -
ISH
1
.] Blockish, sullen.
1
1580. Sidney,
Arcadia
(1622), 391.
With chumpish lookes, hard words, and secret nips,
Grumbling at her when she his kindnesse sought.
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