humpy

humpy
humpy1
humpiness, n.
/hum"pee/, adj., humpier, humpiest.
1. full of humps.
2. resembling a hump; humplike.
[1700-10; HUMP + -Y1]
humpy2
/hum"pee/, n., pl. humpies. Australian.
any crude Aborigine hut or shelter, esp. a shanty built at the edge of a town.
[1840-50; < Tharapal (Australian Aboriginal language spoken between Moreton Bay and Wide Bay, S Queensland), recorded as umpi (h intrusive)]
humpy3
/hum"pee/, n., pl. humpies.
Also, humpie.
[HUMP(BACK) + -Y2]

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