| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bumpkin2 |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bump·kin |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b mp k n, bm- |
| NOUN: | A short spar projecting from the deck of a ship, used to extend a sail or secure a block or stay. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably from Dutch boomken, diminutive of boom, tree. See boom2.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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