From en.wiktionary.org:
[Stumpy]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[er]
1. Like or resembling a stump ; short and cut off.
2. * [text=“That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The STUMPY skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”]
3. Full of stumps.
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |stumpily |stumpiness }}
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] An amputee who has lost a leg .
2. * [en ]
3. [en] Money .
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1881 | author=T. Lewis O. Davies; Thomas Lewis Owen Davies | title=A Supplementary English Glossary | page=630
|passage=Down with the STUMPY; a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half.}}
**** See also
- [en]
**** References
- [money] 1873 , John Camden Hotten, _The Slang Dictionary_