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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Anything worthless.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete Totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way.

Etymologies

  1. cumber + ground (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “The church and a profession are the best of places for the upright; but the worst in the world for the cumberground.”

    The Riches of Bunyan

  • “The day will surely come, when I must quit this frail tabernacle, and it may be soon -- I certainly know, I am not of importance eno 'in this world, for any one to wish my stay -- rather am I, and so I consider myself as a cumberground.”

    Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771

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  • yaybob Someone who takes up space. Dec 9, 2008

  • sionnach something totally worthless and in the way. Jan 9, 2008

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‘cumberground’ has been looked up 817 times, added to 8 lists, commented on 2 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.