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bumps n pl Cp EDD bump v1 1; I & P OPIE Lore and
Language of Schoolchildren (1959), 199-200, 301. Phr give one the bumps: to
hold a person horizontally by arms and legs on his birthday and bounce him on the floor.
M 70-17 At school, after telling everybody that it was your
birthday, a bunch of the fellows would usually gang up on you and give you the 'bumps.'
They would grab you by the arms and legs and bounce your back-side off the floor, once
for every year of your age, and always an extra one for good luck.
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