Dated Thursday October 15 - confusion caused again by time difference.
A stumer is not something you want. Especially not a big one. It's a counterfeit or otherwise worthless note, cheque or coin. Great to know the official name though. Perhaps I would know that already if I had taken up a career in banking. I would also probably be more wealthy. Oh well. I enjoyed your meanings for stumer and am happy to announce Brian o vretanos as the winner on the day. Go Brian.
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2. You invent a wacky meaning and add it as a comment.
3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
Remember, children use this site too.
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- Word Imp
- I am a children's author who has had a handful of books published by trade publishers. They're in book shops and libraries. I've also had a sackful of books published by educational publishers. These are mainly found in schools. I love words and that's why I invented this blog site.
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- Penina Petersen's Table Tucker
- Rereading my fave - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- Mike Gayle's To Do List
- Any good biography
- The dictionary!
6 comments:
A stumer is a large bulge often found on trees. They sprout lots of little twiggy bits and look like a hairy wart on the nose of a witch.
It's when you open your mouth to speak, and then forget what you wanted to say.
Stumer is a sort of trance-like or meditative state reached when people stay long enough in the sauna. From Native American origin 't'ehst uhrma' to chill out.
A stumer is a kind of muslin bag with a drawstring opening, used by the likes of Mrs Beeton, to make perfectly formed suet puddings, dumplings etc.
Stumer is an bird that's healthy but just not a good example of its breed. A boring bird, or misshapen, or one with ugly colors. Stumers aren't photographed for calendars or painted for bird identification field guides. Poor things. When people are feeding pigeons, the stumers get less attention.
A stumer is used by the farmers here to describe an almost suffocating wave of pungent air full of the scents of agriculture.
"Ee, that were a right stumer!"
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