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单词 chumping
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chumpingn.

Brit. /ˈtʃʌmpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃəmpɪŋ/
Forms: 1800s– chumping, 1900s– chumpin'.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chump n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < chump n. + -ing suffix1.
English regional (Yorkshire). Now chiefly archaic or historical.
The action or practice of collecting wood or other materials for use as fuel in a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night. Cf. chump n. 1.
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1863 B. K. Hanson Fanny Lee's Testimony v. 70 We have been chumping this many days past..and have kept the wood in a dry place.
1867 Huddersfield Chron. 9 Nov. 5/3 In proportion to the labours and success in ‘chumping’ beforehand, was the enjoyment on the great day around the great fires.
1882 I. Binns From Village to Town 96 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 603/1 Crackers must now be let off at a fair distance from a public road; and the old days of chumping are fast decaying.
1933 H. Wolfe Now Stranger ii. 44Chumping’ in Bradford (and Manningham) had some of the savour of a crusade.
2017 @agnilwoc 29 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Used to go chumping in these woods as a kid living in Buttershaw for bonfire night.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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