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mumruffin

mumruffin noun: the long-tailed tit.

Noun

mumruffin (plural mumruffins)

  1. (UK, dialectal) The long-tailed tit.
    • He listened to the Gloucestershire voices ... carsn't do this, duresn't do that; the voices of men who'd say mumruffin instead of long-tailed tit.1965, John Moore, The Waters Under the Earth, page 140

Forms of mumruffin

pluralmumruffins

Questions about mumruffin

What does mumruffin mean?
Mumruffin means the long-tailed tit.
What part of speech is mumruffin?
Mumruffin is a noun.
What is the plural of mumruffin?
The plural of mumruffin is mumruffins.

Words near mumruffin in the dictionary

  1. mumpreneurship
  2. mumps
  3. mumpsimus
  4. mumpsimuses
  5. mumpy
  6. mumruffin
  7. mumruffins
  8. mums
  9. mums-in-law
  10. mumsier
  11. mumsies

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