Dumpy

·superl Sullen or discontented.

II. Dumpy ·superl Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.

dumpy
Short and thick. Provincial in various parts of England, where, as with us, it is generally applied ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Dumpy level
·add. ·- A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of ...

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