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 BERKSHIRE WORBS. 75

DUBBY.--Thick, blunt at the end.

An uousually chubby-faced boy is generally nick-named ** Dubby " by other boys.

DUBERSOM E.— Doubtful.

DUCK.— To lower the head to avoid a blow ; to immerse another in water.

DUCKIN'.— A wetting, whether from rain or immersion.

DLXKS AND DRAKES.— The jumping out of water of a flat stone when thrown nearly horizontally.

JUDDERED.— Stupefied.

DUMVOUNDERED. — Surprised or perplexed, so as to be unable to speak.

DUMBLEDORE.— The humble bee.

^UMMLE. — In animals, sluggish ; in corn or hay, damp ; in persons slow of comprehension, stupid.

^UMMY-NETTLE, or DUNNY-NETTLE.- A nettle which does not sting.

^U MPS.— Low spirits.

^UJIPY. — A short person is called a dumpy ; also anything with a blunted point is said to be dumpy.

^^^KCH.— Deaf.

^^ NCH PASSAGE.---A cul dc sac ; the term "blind passage" is sometimes used in this sense.

vJnnY. — Deaf, not sharp. See Dummy-nettle or Dunny-

NETTLE.

^XJNT.— Did it.

" It wan*t I as dua^t I tell 'e " (It was not I who did it I tell you).

^XJST.— Fuss.

" Dwo-ant *e maayke zucli a dust about ut."

lieady money.

" Down wi* yer dust if 'e wants to buy "un."

To ^^dust your jacket** is to wJiip you. JUSTIN'.— A whipping.