lump sugar

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lump1
noun
  • 1 a compact mass, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

    ■ a swelling under the skin.

  • 2 informal a heavy, ungainly, or slow-witted person.
  • 3 (the lump) Brit. informal casual employment in the building trade.
verb
  • 1 (often lump things together) put in an indiscriminate mass or group.
  • 2 Brit. carry (a heavy load) somewhere with difficulty.
– phrases
a lump in the throat a feeling of tightness in the throat caused by strong emotion.
take (or get) one's lumps informal, chiefly N. Amer. be attacked, punished, or defeated.
– derivatives
lumper noun.
– origin ME: perh. from a Gmc base meaning ‘shapeless piece’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lump2
verb (lump it) informal accept or tolerate something whether one likes it or not.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘look sulky’): symbolic of displeasure; cf. words such as dump and grump.

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