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bumkins

bumkins is the plural of bumkin.

Meaning of bumkin

Noun

bumkin (plural bumkins)

  1. A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.

Questions about bumkins

What is bumkins the plural of?
Bumkins is the plural of bumkin.

Words near bumkins in the dictionary

  1. bumholes
  2. bumhood
  3. bumiputra
  4. bumiputras
  5. bumkin
  6. bumkins
  7. Bumler
  8. bumlike
  9. bumload
  10. bumloads
  11. bumlord

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