Jerry and Betsey Johnstone traded hand-made tump lines to be used for portaging cargo on the long journeys across the west. |
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Baskets were woven in a variety of shapes, sometimes with handles or carrying straps called tump lines, which were used to support the basket and its load with the forehead. |
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This was in fact the ancient version of the mortarboard before the top square was stiffened and the tump replaced by a tassel and button. |
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The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce. |
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He has an academic cap named after him, known as the Bishop Andrewes cap, which is like a mortarboard but made of velvet, floppy and has a tump or tuff instead of a tassel. |
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Their previous Tump gig in March last year was played to a packed house so early arrival is recommended. |
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Walk the clear path that arcs left of The Tump on to Ella Lane. |
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And Tump House at Abberley, the other side of the B4202, offers an intriguing proposition for a range of purchasers as one or two substantial homes. |
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