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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DUMPIT, DUMPED, ppl.adj. Downcast in spirits (Kcb. correspondents 1941). Obs. in Eng. since 16th cent.Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet xii.:
What wi' the deevilish temper o' the wretches, or that doon-looking, dumpit bodie, wee Buonaparte, I thought they wad hae made minced meat o' ye.

[O.Sc. has dump, to cast into melancholy, to cast down, 1614.]

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