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Lumpers (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Lumpers

Persons who contract to unload ships; also thieves who lurk about wharfs to pilfer goods from ships, lighters, &c.

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

To Lump the Lighter * Lumping

Nearby

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.

Lugs
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Lullies
Lully Triggers
Lumb
Lumber
Lumber Troop
Lumber House
To Lump
To Lump the Lighter
Lumpers
Lumping
Lun
Lurch
Lurched
Lurcher
Lurries
Lush
To Lush
Lushey
Lye