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Bumper (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Bumper

A full glass; in all likelihood from its convexity or bump at the top: some derive it from a full glass formerly drunk to the health of the pope—au bon pere.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Bummed * Bumping

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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About

Francis Grose was independently wealthy, having inherited money from his father, a jeweller. Finding himself overspending, he published a number of books; his Provincial Glossary seems to have been the starting-point for the Vulgar Tongue reproduced here.

To Bum
Bum Trap
Bum Bailiff
Bum Brusher
Bum Boat
Bum Fodder
Bumfiddle
Bumbo
Bumkin
Bummed
Bumper
Bumping
Bun
Bundling
Bung upwards
Bung your eye
Bunt
Bunter
Buntlings
Burn Crust
Burn the Ken