bumphle

plural bumphles

1. ScotlandA lump or mound where fabric does not lie smoothly.

   SADIE: I wondered what the bumphles were.

   2015, John Byrne, The Slab Boys Trilogy

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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.

   1994, Scottish Language - Issues 13-16, page 9

   I look down at the dressing gown belt, the big bumphle in the knot and try to look casual.

   2010, Janice Galloway, Where You Find It

present singular third person bumphles · participle present bumphling · participle past bumphled · past bumphled

1. ScotlandTo form or cause a bumphle.

   Even her legs, bare and mottled beneath her bumphled skirts, have a healthy growth about them.

   2015, Karen Campbell, Rise

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   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.

   1994, Andrew Motion, Candice Rodd, New Writing 3 - Volume 3, page 341

   'Because the cushions have just been bumphled,' I replied. 'We're not allowed to use it until Thursday.'

   2012, Lucy Mangan, My Family and Other Disasters