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- noun West Cumbrian, Borrowdale, dialect
Sixteen in Cumbriansheep counting .
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From Celtic numerals. Literally yan a (and) bumfit.
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johnmperry commented on the word yan-a-bumfit
16 in North of England sheep counting jargon. See yan
September 26, 2008