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rumply

[ruhm-plee]

adjective, rum·pli·er, rum·pli·est.

rumpled or tending to rumple: This suit always looks rumply.

Origin:
1825–35; rumple + -y¹

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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rumple (ˈrʌmp^əl)

—vb
1.	to make or become wrinkled, crumpled, ruffled, or dishevelled

—n
2.	a wrinkle, fold, or crease

[C17: from Middle Dutch rompelen; related to Old English gerumpen creased, wrinkled]

'rumply

—*adj*

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