What does tump mean?
Tump means (British, rare) A mound or hillock..
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/tʌmp/ · noun
(British, rare) A mound or hillock..
The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.
[…] winding to the southward, he stopped his little nag short of the crest, and got off and looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles.
to tump teasel
Don't tump that bucket over!
To reach our sleeping quarters under the roof we were obliged to climb seven flights of stairs and after tumping a blanket roll and a ruck-sack up these, both our breath and enthusiasm had suffered abatement.
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Tump means (British, rare) A mound or hillock..
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The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.
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