sumph

• “Nova Scotia only a detail; he knew that all his services counted for less in their eyes than did the claims of {130} some 'sumph' whose father or uncle could influence a vote on a division.”

  The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe

• “All of a sudden he goes like this -- "And giving a queer dull" sumph "of a sound, he jerked his body limp towards his knees --" Gone!”

  Tatterdemalion

• “And ony sumph that keeps up spite, in conscience, I abhor him”

  Tullochgorum

• “The're coming; cock the piece, ye sumph!" cried the laddie, while his red hair rose, from his pow like feathers.”

  The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction

• “Fool, idiot, sumph -- Jones tried them all on the image of the defunct, but they were too small.”

  The Man Who Lost Himself

• “She was; but he's such a perfect sumph, I'm thankful she's got quit of him.”

  The Prodigal Father

• “To his face she referred to him as a doited sumph, but to Grizel pleading for him she admitted that despite his warts and quarrelsome legs he was a great big muckle sonsy, stout, buirdly well set up, wise-like, havering man.”

  Tommy and Grizel

• “Saunders -- the muckle tongueless sumph there got dirt cheap -- ye see”

  The Lilac Sunbonnet

• “My God, what a ke-o of _my_ life I've made -- that auld trollop for my wife, that sumph for my son, and that dying lassie for my dochter!”

  The House with the Green Shutters

• “It's a horrid place, and I must have gone about for miles before I found my way back to the sumph, and nearly fell into it.”

  Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea

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