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mampus dial.|ˈmæmpəs| [Of obscure origin.] A great number, a crowd.
c1730Dorset Vocab. in N. & Q. (1883) 21 July 45/1 A mampus, multitude. 1857Gloss. Provincial Words Dorset 6 Mampus, a great number. 1880Hardy Trumpet-Major I. ii. 32 The mampus of soldiers that have come upon the down. 1904― Dynasts I. ii. iv. 46 What a mampus o' folk it is here to-day! |