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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(chiefly Scotland) A lump or mound where fabric does not lie smoothly..
At the risk of sounding like Walter Scott's Antiquary, seeing Roman remains in ilka bumphle in the landscape, I would like to point out that a third of all Roman coin finds in Fife have come from the centre of the modern town of Kirkcaldy.
I look down at the dressing gown belt, the big bumphle in the knot and try to look casual.
SADIE: I wondered what the bumphles were.
I don't look in the mirror but it seems to fit as much as this sort of stuff ever does and the feather bits don't bumphle the material as much as you'd think.
'Because the cushions have just been bumphled,' I replied. 'We're not allowed to use it until Thursday.'
Even her legs, bare and mottled beneath her bumphled skirts, have a healthy growth about them.
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Bumphle means (chiefly Scotland) A lump or mound where fabric does not lie smoothly..
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At the risk of sounding like Walter Scott's Antiquary, seeing Roman remains in ilka bumphle in the landscape, I would like to point out that a third of all Roman coin finds in Fife have come from the centre of the modern town of Kirkcaldy.
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