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jerrycummumble

verb

Etymology

* jerry from jerry or Jerry. Similar to jerry-built or "jerry-sneak". Possibly taken from Jerry, a nickname for Germans. * jerrycummumble and its alternative jerrymumble possibly made to rhyme with "fumble, rumble, or tumble. * Potentially related to "jerry-cum-fumble". * Its earliest documented usage is 1709, but Green's Dictionary exemplifies frequent usage of the term between 1785 and 1834.

Definitions

  1. To shake, towzle, or tumble about

    To shake, towzle, or tumble about; to jumble, shake, toss, or get into a muddle.

    • When Colonel Ochiltree saw that, Damn my bones V says he, 'get the chariot!' and he put fox and hounds and overseer all in it, Jerrycummumble, and brought 'em home.
    • You’re free and equal Faeries. Forget your book of laws and knock the old wooly-pate down with a magical jerrycummumble.

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