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☆ tump·line (tump′līn′)

noun

a broad strap passed across the forehead and over the shoulders for carrying a load on the back

Etymology: < earlier tump < mattump < a S New England Algonquian language

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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