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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

MUMPILEESE, v.? To appropriate to one's own ends. Nonce.Ayr. 1822 Galt Provost xliii.:
In a' stations of life there are persons who would mumpileese the retinue of the King and government for their own behoof and eeteration.

[A distorted form of monopolise, phs. due to the stress accent being on the last syllable with consequent reduction of the unstressed syllables and assimilation of n to m before p.]

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