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bumph

(bŭmf)

Variant of bumf.

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bumph

(bʌmf)

a variant spelling of bumf

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Noun

bumph - reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring

bumf

reading material, reading - written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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bumph

n (Brit inf)

(= forms) → Papierkram m (inf)

(= toilet paper) → Klopapier nt (inf)

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