Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal form of
tumble .
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Examples
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Everyone slept: lords and ladies, teachers and tummle dogs and doves, rabbits and rabbitzen and all kinds ofcitizens -
Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 1991
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Ah, you try burn you 'tick an' tummle in de fire, would you, sah?
Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Nay, Maister Ken, an 'ye see, if we was to tummle, it wouldn't be into the watter, but on to the rocks."
Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Dat free time try to burn um 'tick and tummle in de fire, rock umself.
Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah George Manville Fenn 1870
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