Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Rough common sense; keenness of intellect; understanding.
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Examples
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They are trying to get me to show a little—I believe Uncle calls it ‘rumgumption.’
Eighteen JAN BURKE 2002
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They are trying to get me to show a little—I believe Uncle calls it ‘rumgumption.’
Eighteen JAN BURKE 2002
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And then on to ruminant, which verified my initial rumgumption about the cud-chewing, but included, also, a reference to the "ruminantia," which are "a division of even-toed, hoofed mammals" including some which do not chew the cud!
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I say "almost" because immediately above the target word were: rumgumption (which in Scotland and in the north of England means ` keeness or shrewdness ') and rumfustian (` a hot drink composed of strong beer, white wine or sherry, gin, egg yolks, sugar and spices').
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"Hootoot, Mr. Sutherlan ', ye micht gie me credit for raither mair rumgumption nor that comes till.
David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864
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