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bump·kin (bump′kin)

noun

  1. a short boom projecting from a sailing ship, used as in securing a stay or brace

  2. Etymology: prob. < MDu bommekijn, small cask < bomme, a cask + -kijn, dim. suffix

    an awkward or simple person from the country

Etymology: prob. < Du boomkin, short tree, dim. of boom, tree

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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