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ga-LUMF

verb

a clumsy or plodding walk; to do something in an ad-hoc or shoddy way

1951Herman WoukThe Caine MutinyThe port bandersnatch got fouled in the starboard rath when we tried to galumph the cutting cable so as not to trip the snozzle again.1990Sue GraftonG is for GumshoeThe bathwater cooled to lukewarm and I let it galumph away…

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