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lumper
noun- any unskilled worker UK, 1785
Originally applied to an unskilled worker who helped load and off-load vessels, and then more generally. - — John Gould, Maine Lingo, p. 171, 1975
- — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 96, 1977
- But for most of his life, he registered at the union hall as a lumper. He’d go down to the hall–Local 70–each morning and sign in, and they’d ship him out, loading and unloading trucks or ships on the docks in Oakland. — Ralph “Sonny” Barger, Hell’s Angel, p. 12, 2000
- in carnival usage, a confederate who is hired to play and win a game in order to generate business US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 30, 1981
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