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lumber
noun- the stems of a marijuana plant US
- — Ernest L. Abel, A Marijuana Dictionary, p. 64, 1982
- stolen goods UK
- Andy agreed to place all the lumber I brought him for 15% of the price he got. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 164, 1956
- an action or piece of information intended to cause trouble UK
- It wasn’t long before he was back with a lumber which he’d picked up from Barney Newbiggin[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 155, 1956
- a member of the opposite sex that you form an initial liaison with, especially with a view to greater intimacy UK: SCOTLAND
- I’m looking for a lumber. — Hamish Imlach, Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice, 1966
- We were at the jiggin [dance] last night; couldny get a lumber, but. — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, p. 43, 1985
- a non-playing, non-betting observer of a game of chance US, 1961
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 54, 1988
▶ in lumber; in dead lumber
in trouble UK, 1967- I always thought if we ever got in lumber with the Old Bill [police], it would be me who went down. — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, p. 187, 2001
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