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mumruffins

mumruffins is the plural of mumruffin.

Meaning of mumruffin

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

Questions about mumruffins

What is mumruffins the plural of?
Mumruffins is the plural of mumruffin.

Words near mumruffins in the dictionary

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

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