> > >>>pg 76 > "Southey's Lingo-Grande ('Dear Stumparumper,' etc)": I have > no idea other than Lingo-Grande == Great (or large) Language > (or lick)? "Dear Stumparumper" sounds German, der Stümper > (blunderer) and der Rumpf (body, > torso) maybe?<<< > But then there's this: "stump jumper: US colloq. a person from a rural area, a hillbilly" (OED)