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chump noun [ tʃʌmp ]

• a foolish or easily deceived person.
• "I was left feeling a bit of a chump"
• the thick end of something, especially a loin of lamb or mutton.
Origin: early 18th century (in the sense ‘thick lump of wood’): probably a blend of chunk1 and lump1 or stump.

off one's chump

• mad.
"I was beginning to think he'd gone off his chump"



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