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humpenscrump|ˈhʌmpənskrʌmp|
[dial. (not in E.D.D.), perh. f. hump n. + (Old Father) Scrump, a freq. appellation of Big Head in traditional English folk-plays; cf. humstrum and scrump.]
A musical instrument of rude construction; a hurdy-gurdy (sense 1 a).
[1923R. J. E. Tiddy Mummers' Play 172, I old father scrump with a bell on my rump... A man..kicked a hump up on to my shoulder and there remains the hump now. ] Ibid. 173 [stage directions] Instruments Tin whistle. Jew's Harp. Father Scrump carries the humpenscrump made with a tin with wires across and bridge and a stick with notches for a bow.1933E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-Play 70 The musical instrument is generally a fiddle, or a rustic substitute called a hurdy-gurdy or humpen-scrump. 1954L. MacNeice Autumn Sequel 142 The humpenscrump that charmed some forebear's ear Now makes the roast pigs caper in Cockayne. |