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bumfit

bumfit numeral: fifteen in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Numeral

bumfit

  1. (Cumbria) Fifteen in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Origin of bumfit

From Cumbric *pǝmtheg (compare Welsh pymtheg), eventually from Cumbric *pımp (“five”) + *deg (“ten”).

Words formed from bumfit

Questions about bumfit

What does bumfit mean?
Bumfit means fifteen in Cumbrian sheep counting.
What part of speech is bumfit?
Bumfit is a numeral.

Words near bumfit in the dictionary

  1. bumf
  2. bumfiddle
  3. bumfiddles
  4. bumfight
  5. bumfights
  6. bumfit
  7. bumfluff
  8. bumfluffed
  9. bumfodder
  10. bumfoolery
  11. bumfreezer

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