humpenscrumpn.

/ˈhʌmpənskrʌmp/

Etymology: dialect (not in Eng. Dial. Dict.), perhaps < hump n. + (Old Father) Scrump , a frequent appellation of Big Head in traditional English folk-plays; compare humstrum n. and scrump n.

A musical instrument of rude construction; a hurdy-gurdy (sense 1a).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > other stringed instruments > [noun] > hurdy-gurdy

wind-broach1653

humstrum1739

tetrachordon1740

hurdy-gurdy1749

vielle1768

celestinette1774

claviole1813

harmonichord1835

piano-violin1859

organistrum1867

humpenscrumpa1916

a1916 R. J. E. Piddy Mummers' Play (1923) 172 I old father scrump with a bell on my rump... A man..kicked a hump up on to my shoulder and there remains the hump now.]

a1916 R. J. E. Piddy Mummers' Play (1923) 173 (stage direct.) Instruments Tin whistle. Jew's Harp. Father Scrump carries the humpenscrump made with a tin with wires across and bridge and a stick with notches for a bow.

1933 E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-play 70 The musical instrument is generally a fiddle, or a rustic substitute called a hurdy-gurdy or humpen-scrump.

1954 L. MacNeice Autumn Sequel 142 The humpenscrump that charmed some forebear's ear Now makes the roast pigs caper in Cockayne.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	humpenscrump
释义	humpenscrumpn. /ˈhʌmpənskrʌmp/ Etymology: dialect (not in Eng. Dial. Dict.), perhaps < hump n. + (Old Father) Scrump , a frequent appellation of Big Head in traditional English folk-plays; compare humstrum n. and scrump n. A musical instrument of rude construction; a hurdy-gurdy (sense 1a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > other stringed instruments > [noun] > hurdy-gurdy wind-broach1653 humstrum1739 tetrachordon1740 hurdy-gurdy1749 vielle1768 celestinette1774 claviole1813 harmonichord1835 piano-violin1859 organistrum1867 humpenscrumpa1916 a1916 R. J. E. Piddy Mummers' Play (1923) 172 I old father scrump with a bell on my rump... A man..kicked a hump up on to my shoulder and there remains the hump now.] a1916 R. J. E. Piddy Mummers' Play (1923) 173 (stage direct.) Instruments Tin whistle. Jew's Harp. Father Scrump carries the humpenscrump made with a tin with wires across and bridge and a stick with notches for a bow. 1933 E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-play 70 The musical instrument is generally a fiddle, or a rustic substitute called a hurdy-gurdy or humpen-scrump. 1954 L. MacNeice Autumn Sequel 142 The humpenscrump that charmed some forebear's ear Now makes the roast pigs caper in Cockayne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1916
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