1. noun The game of nine-holes. from The Century Dictionary.
2. noun In whist, a manner of playing 'either in utter ignorance of all its known principles, or in defiance of them, or both'. from The Century Dictionary.
She was again and publicly invited up to the parlor, and she came, though she said, rather shortly, that she didn't play Five Hundred, but only bumblepuppy bridge, a variety of whist which which Mr. Wrenn instantly resolved to learn. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
And, in performing this task of hers, she has developed a technique of politeness which is to the amateur's technique what the professional golf-player's style is to the form of the mere bumblepuppy. Walter Prichard Eaton, Penguin Persons & Peppermints
The origin of this word is unknown. However, 'bumble' is imitative in origin and influenced by 'bungle' and 'fumble.'
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