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cumbergrounds

cumbergrounds is the plural of cumberground.

Meaning of cumberground

Noun

cumberground (plural cumbergrounds)

  1. (obsolete) Any totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way.
    • Give a man money, and he may sit down upon it and spend it, or live upon the interest which it will yield in idleness, a mere cumberground and drone, from whose life the world derives no benefit.1927, Henry William Wolff, Co-operation in India, page 285
    Synonyms:
    cumberworld

Questions about cumbergrounds

What is cumbergrounds the plural of?
Cumbergrounds is the plural of cumberground.

Words near cumbergrounds in the dictionary

  1. cumberer
  2. cumberers
  3. Cumberfan
  4. Cumberfans
  5. cumberground
  6. cumbergrounds
  7. cumbering
  8. Cumberladies
  9. Cumberlady
  10. Cumberland
  11. Cumberland Center

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