Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To perplex; embarrass; hinder; bewilder; defeat.
- To fail; give out or give up; die.
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Examples
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Edmund, when my foot caught in a root or vine, and over I went ker-flummux.
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Don't cut it too fat, or you'll flummux by the way, an 'leave nuthin' but a grease-spot.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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A whole series of artificial American words groups itself around the prefix ker, for example, ker-flop, ker-splash, ker-thump, ker-bang, ker-plunk, ker-slam and ker-flummux.
Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 3. The Expanding Vocabulary Henry Louis 1921
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Hupmobiletoker-flummux ker-plunktoloaded loaftomonitor monkey-nuttooo open-shoptopled ploughtorails railwaytosaleslady saleswomantoside-track sidewalktospreaded spread ones selftotake on take orderstotriscut trobletower weren'ttozweiback
Mencken, H 1921
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I dunno as you'll rightly take my meanin '; but never mind, all the same, I'm flummuxed, and it's the longest and hardest flummux o' my life! "
The Story of Kennett Bayard Taylor 1851
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