A dialectal or archaic word for a small, dumpy person or a stupid individual.
Possibly related to 'dumb' with diminutive '-le' suffix, or from an independent source; rare in modern English and primarily historical or regional usage.
This word barely survives in modern English except in regional dialects and historical texts, showing how many insulting animal or body-based words eventually disappeared from everyday speech.
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