also HUMDURGEON, HUMDURGON
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from hum (n. a piece of humbug, an imposition) + dudgeon (n. a feeling of anger, resentment, offense) EXAMPLE From: The Works of Walter Scott Vol. CXXI. 1828 Chronicles of the Canongate, Vol. I Chapter XIV. P. 95
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