cumberground

noun
/ˈkʌm.bə.ɡɹaʊnd/UK/ˈkʌm.bɚ.ɡɹaʊnd/US

Etymology

From cumber + ground, in reference to the Bible, Luke 13:7.

  1. inherited from *grunduz
  2. inherited from *grundu
  3. inherited from grund
  4. inherited from ground
  5. compounded as cumberground — “cumber + ground

Definitions

  1. Any totally worthless object or person

    Any totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way.

    • Give a man money, and he may sit down upon it and spend it, or live upon the interest which it will yield in idleness, a mere cumberground and drone, from whose life the world derives no benefit.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA