wampus

wampus
wampus1
/wom"peuhs/, n., pl. wampuses.
a strange or objectionable person; lout.
[perh. extracted from CATAWAMPUS]
wampus2
/wom"peuhs/, n., pl. wampuses.
wamus (def. 2).

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