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Dumpy

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Dumpy
(Documentation User's MalPractice + Y) An award from InfoWorld magazine for the worst online documentation. See RTFM.
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Every thing was done as she had desired, and, in five minutes, I was going up Broadway as fast as Honor O'Flagherty's (for such was the name of the messenger) little dumpy legs could carry me.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
He again held up his foot, which had a gouty appearance owing to its being contained in a dumpy little worsted sock, and I thought he proposed to repeat his first performance, but in this I did him an injustice, for, unlike Porthos, he was one who scorned to do the same feat twice; perhaps, like the conjurors, he knew that the audience were more on the alert the second time.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Tildy was dumpy, plain-faced, and too anxious to please to please.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
 
 
 
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