DUMPY
ADJECTIVES
► DUBBY dumpy, squat, short → 1825 colloq. & Eng. dial.
► HODDY-DODDY dumpy and short or clumsy; disproportionately stout; squat → 1824
► NUBBIE dumpy, short and plump → 19C Sc.
► SACKETY dumpy; like a stuffed sack, short and thickset → 1825 Sc.
► THRODDY dumpy; plump, well-grown, in good condition, sleek → 1740 Eng. dial.
► UNDERGROUND dumpy; undergrown, short → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► BILT a dumpy, short, or thickset person → 1876 Sc. (Bk.)
► HODDY-DODDY a dumpy, short, or thickset person → a1553 obs.
► HUMPTY-DUMPTY a short, dumpy, hump-shouldered person → 1785
► MOD a dumpy or clumsy child → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SACKET a dumpy short person → 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SACKIE ► SACKY a dumpy short person → 1824 Sc.
► STUMP-OF-THE-GUTTER a dumpy, short, squat person → 1764 sl.
VERBS
► DUMPLE to bend or compress into a dumpy shape → 1827