tyan-a-bumfit

numeral

Seventeen in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Meanings

numeral
  1. CumbriaSeventeen in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Origin

  1. Brythonic
  2. Englishtyan-a-bumfit

From Brythonic numerals. Literally tyan a (and) bumfit.

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