lumps

Noun

plural form of lump
(informal) A beating or verbal abuse.
He's taken his lumps over the years.

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Ceara rubber is also exported in the form of lumps and cakes.
When a few lumps of sugar are added to a glass of water and stirred, the sugar soon disappears and we are left with a uniform liquid resembling water, except that it is sweet.
The only stone building in southern Babylonia is the town wall of Eridu (Abu Shahrein), which is built of rude lumps of a local coral rag.
"I told you it was all lumps and holes!" the little princess repeated.
The watery portion of the latex soaks into the trunk, and the soft spongy rubber which remains is kneaded and pressed into lumps or balls.

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