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stump-water

stump-water noun: stagnant water from a hollow in a rotting tree stump.

Noun

stump-water (uncountable)

  1. Stagnant water from a hollow in a rotting tree stump.
    • She thought about how folks believed that if you ducked your head in oak stump water, your straight hair would grow out curly. She had always wanted to try it, but Ma forbade it, and besides, oak stump water stunk sour.2004, Aileen Kilgore Henderson, Hard Times for Jake Smith, Chapter VI
    Synonyms:
    spunk-water
  2. (derogatory) Inferior beer or similar beverage.

Synonyms of stump-water

Questions about stump-water

What does stump-water mean?
Stump-water means stagnant water from a hollow in a rotting tree stump.
What part of speech is stump-water?
Stump-water is a noun.

Words near stump-water in the dictionary

  1. stump up
  2. stump-cam
  3. stump-cams
  4. stump-tailed macaque
  5. stump-tailed macaques
  6. stump-water
  7. stumpage
  8. stumpages
  9. stumpcam
  10. stumpcams
  11. stumped

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