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stump noun- the leg UK, 1460
Survives mainly in the phrase “stir your stumps!” (start doing something!, get moving!). - If this makes me a stump, tough. — Glendon Swarthout, Where the Boys Are, p. 78, 1960
- [T]he non-western travellers who dominated exploration altogether before Europe stirred its stumps in the late 15th century[.] — The Guardian, 16 November 2002
- “Stir your stumps, Polly!” we heard him shout, and then Polly’s high-pitched retort: “Why am I the fucking Kunta Kinte around here?” — Zoe Heller, What Was She Thinking?, p. 165, 2003
- the penis US
In a world where size matters, often but not always applied to a short penis. - — Judi Sanders, Faced and Faded, Hanging to Hurl, p. 38, 1993
- a shoe US
- I found it impossible to get my stumps on because my feet had swollen up so much. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 21, 1973
- a dolt US
- If this makes me a stump, tough. — Glendon Swarthout, Where the Boys Are, p. 78, 1960
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