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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn vocabulary
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up a stump
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Definition:(informal) At a loss, puzzled, in a bind.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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"I thought he lived in London?"
"Well, he does. Where would he live?"
"But I thought you lived in Sheffield?"
I see I was up a stump.
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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In fact, Darwin was unable to decide on a suitable present, telling his roommate that he was up a stump about what to get for his sister and new brother-in-law.
Kent Freeland. A Street Called Darwin (2009)
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