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Hump Humpty Dumpty


~ HUMP           id+ | LUMP  HUNK  HEAP |
~ HUMPTY DUMPTY  hx> A NURSERY RHYME
^u                   first recorded in 1803
  lit+ and used by Lewis CARROL [#] [33] in
       "Through the Looking Glass" of 1871
  biol> " THE CAMEL'S HUMP
          IS AN UGLY  LUMP
  WHICH WELL YOU MAY SEE AT THE ZOO
  BUT UGLIER YET IS THE HUMP WE GET
  FROM HAVING TOO LITTLE TO DO"
  in "Just So Stories" by KIPLING [#] [33]
  note HUNCHBACK  HAMPER  IMPEDE
  see> HAUNCH                    sug> HAMPERED
  med> GIBBUS or                 sug> HINDERED
  see> KYPHOSIS                  sug> HOBBLE
  med> conditions linked to      sug> HINGE
       LIMPING as in             sug> JOIN
  or GYRATING MOTIONS thus with  sug> COUPLE
  COITUS from the             sug> COUPLING
  MOTION DURING COITUS        sug> COPULATION
  or FORNICATION                 sug> INFERNAL
  vern> "TO HUMP" or in sp
  vern> "COJO" for GRAB and to FORNICATE
  med> TUBERCULOSIS CAN CAUSE
       A COLLAPSE OF THE VERTEBRA AND
  A DEFORMITY or HUMPBACK or KYPHOSIS
  hx> TOUCHINC THE HUMP OF A HUNCHBACK
  ukr HORA   = HILL
      HORB     HUMP or MOUNTAIN
     KHOROBA   DISEASE
     KHORYJ    PATIENT
  sp  JOROBA   HUMP
      JOROBAR  IRRITATE
  biol> HUMPBACK WHALES ARE NEARLY EXTINCT
        THE MORATORIUM TO PRESERVE THEM IS NOT KEPT
  NOR ENFORCED BY GOVERNMENTS OF POPULATIONS THAT ARE
  CONSUMERS or TRADERS OF WHALE MEAT as in JAPAN NORWAY etc
  ply> | HUMPS HAMPER |
  continued see> HUNCH

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