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 Bumper.Bumptious. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bumpkin.
 
A loutish person. (Dutch, boomken, a sprout, a fool.) This word very closely resembles the word “chit.” (See CHITTY.)   1
 


 Bumper.Bumptious. 

 
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