Gump
[guhmp] /gʌmp/
noun, Dialect.
1.
a foolish or stupid person.
n.
“dolt, numskull,” 1825; meaning “chicken” is from 1914, U.S. thieves’ slang.
noun
[fr British dialect, ”fool”]
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