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Rumgumption, n. [Also in the later dials. of Scotland and northern England. Cf. later Sc. rumblegumption, in same sense. Of unknown origin.] Common sense. —1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 26.
Had'st thou in thee the least rumgumption [etc.]
