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  • 'Umble' ill is pretty stiff to climb; but them as gets to the top of it is tough. "

    The Dust Flower Basil King 1893

  • Umble saw this and grabbed the barrel with both hands.

    CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2009 2009

  • Umble saw this and grabbed the barrel with both hands.

    CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2009 2009

  • Umble pie in its literal sense is a filled pastry similar to many respects to a Cornish pasty.

    The Red Deer thereddeer 2009

  • Also, after looking to wikianswers, they talked about 'Umble pie':

    The Red Deer thereddeer 2009

  • Umble! 'he repeated, looking at me, with a snarl;' I've umbled some of 'em for a pretty long time back, umble as I was! '

    David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

  • Umble we are, umble we have been, umble we shall ever be, ” said Mrs. Heep.

    XVII. Somebody Turns Up 1917

  • Umble we are, umble we have been, umble we shall ever be, 'said Mrs. Heep.

    David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

  • Umble! 'he repeated, looking at me, with a snarl;' I've umbled some of 'em for a pretty long time back, umble as I was! '

    David Copperfield 1850

  • Umble we are, umble we have been, umble we shall ever be, 'said Mrs. Heep.

    David Copperfield 1850

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