lumpkin

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noun

A clumsy, heavy, stupid, silly or blundering person.

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Meanings

lumpkin1

nounlumpkin (plural lumpkins)

plural lumpkins

  1. A clumsy, heavy, stupid, silly or blundering person.

Lumpkin2

proper nounLumpkin (countable and uncountable, plural Lumpkins)

plural Lumpkins

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States.
  3. countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Stewart County, Georgia, United States.

Origin

After Tony Lumpkin, an ignorant young man in Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer (1771; first performed 1773).

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APA

lumpkin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumpkin

MLA

“lumpkin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumpkin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lumpkin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumpkin.

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