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bumblepuppy

bumblepuppy is the alternative form of bumble puppy.

Meaning of bumble puppy

Noun

bumble puppy (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A game in which players attempt to project metal balls into nine holes in a flat wooden board; nineholes.
  2. (archaic) Any of various childish or informal games.
    • Cecil was absent—one did not play bumble-puppy when he was there.1908, EM Forster, A Room With A View, Penguin, published 2018, page 104
  3. A simplified form of whist; whist or bridge played unskilfully.
    • Templeton isn't the sort of chap to play bumble-puppy bridge with a girl like that unless he's getting something out of it.1947, W. Somerset Maugham, Creatures of Circumstance
  4. Swingball or tetherball.

Words formed from bumblepuppy

Questions about bumblepuppy

What is bumblepuppy the alternative form of?
Bumblepuppy is the alternative form of bumble puppy.

Words near bumblepuppy in the dictionary

  1. bumbleheaded
  2. bumblekite
  3. bumblekites
  4. bumblepuppist
  5. bumblepuppists
  6. bumblepuppy
  7. bumbler
  8. bumblers
  9. bumbles
  10. bumbles along
  11. bumblesome

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