lumps
See also: Lumps
English
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Noun
editlumps pl (plural only)
- (informal) A beating or verbal abuse.
- He's taken his lumps over the years.
- 1978, Time, volume 111, number 1, page 37:
- Trudeau has suffered the lumps any politician who has held office for ten years can expect to accumulate