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mummings

mummings is the plural of mumming.

Meaning of mumming

Noun

mumming (countable and uncountable, plural mummings)

  1. A pantomime or dumb show.
    • The vassals or tenants collected in the hall for Christmas masking and mumming—the peasant gathering that May-day called out upon the green, drew together ranks whose distance, in our day, occasions forgetfulness on one side, and discontent on the other.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 280–281
    Synonyms:
    mummering

Questions about mummings

What is mummings the plural of?
Mummings is the plural of mumming.

Words near mummings in the dictionary

  1. mummiform
  2. mummiforms
  3. mummify
  4. mummifying
  5. mumming
  6. mummings
  7. mummiologist
  8. mummiologists
  9. mummiology
  10. mummiya
  11. mummock

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