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mumper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmʌmpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmʌmpɚ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From mump + -er.

Meanings

1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A beggar.
   • Here for a moment, running my eye along the Piazza, which had its usual fringe of flower girls and mumpers, swearing porters and hackney coaches, I thought my man with the white handkerchief had not come; but shifting my gaze to the Little Piazza, which was darker and less frequented, I presently espied him walking to and fro under cover, with a cane in his hand and the air of a gentleman who had supped and was looking out for a pretty girl. 1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XIV, in Shrewsbury:

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