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lump

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lump

informal An awkward, clumsy, or stupid person. They gave the promotion to Dave? Why on earth would they put that lump in charge of anything? She spends so much time doting on her lump of a younger brother that she hasn't really done anything with her own life.

lump it

An expression of annoyance and dismissal of someone or something. It means the same as "Forget it!" Well, you can lump it because I'm not staying late to help you—that project is your responsibility!
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lump

n. a stupid clod of a person. I am not a lump! I am just sedate and pensive.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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"How did you find this lump?" She honestly replied, pointing at her husband, sitting next to her.
All females having clinically palpable breast lump of age between 15 and 35 years were included in this study.
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Although 8 out of 10 cases of breast lumps are not cancerous and undergoing biopsy is the only way to rule out breast cancer, says leading doctor Dr.
"I found a lump in my breast and Paterson told me I had 3/4 stage pre-cancerous cells," she said.
Sutton asks herself why we would think that, for example, our lump of clay, CLAY, is not a conventional entity (an extrinsically composed object), in the sense in which artefacts are.
There are many other tumours a growing lump could be.
A MUM has told how she swallowed a hard lump in her can of Coke - containing a mix of seven disgusting extra ingredients including an insect, hairs and plastic.
Seaborne iron ore lump premiums saw slight gains this last Wednesday as spot trades indicated a stronger willingness among buyers to accept higher price levels.
Older ewes were also found to be more prone to acute mastitis and those with the infection were significantly more likely to have a lump in the udder when examined later in the same lactation.
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