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Rumford definitions
Merriam Webster'sbiographical name Count — see Benjamin Thompson 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueTo ride to Rumford to have one's backside new bottomed: i.e. to have a pair of new leather breeches. Rumford was formerly a famous place for leather breeches. A like saying is current in Norfolk and Suffolk, of Bungay, and for the same reason.--Rumford lion; a calf. See ESSEX LION. |