Jack. - Horntip

Lully. 248 Lump.
1839. W. H. AINSWORTH, 7. Shat-
„tare!, p. 25 (ed. 1840). Let's have a
look at the kinchen that ought to have
been throttled,' added he, snatching the
child from Wood. My stars ! here's a
pretty LULLABY-CHEAT to make a fuss
about—ho ! ho ! '
Lu LLY, subs. (old).—See quot. 178 5.
Hence LuLLv-prigger = a filcher
of wet or drying linen. Fr.
deyleurir la picouse = LULLY-
PRIGGING.
1754. Discoveries of John Poulter,
p. 40. They are great priggers of LULLY.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, S.V.
LULLEYS, wet linen.
1789. PARKER, Life's Painter, p.
120. Upon the old slang, and sometimes
a little LuLLY-prigging.
LUMB, adv. (old).—Too much.—
'Yew Cant. Dia. (1725); GROSE
(1796).
LUMBER, subs. (thieves').—i. A
room. [From the Lombard Room
in which the mediceval pawnbrokers
and bankers stored their
pledges].
1789. PARKER, Life's Painter, 117.
Have you any-body in the LUMBER behind
the bar
1819. VAUX, Memoirs, s.v., p. 188.
2. (old).—A prison; QUOD (q.v.).
Verb. (old).—(i) To pawn ;
(2) to imprison.
1819. VAUX, Memoirs, S.V. LUMBER
(p. 188). to LUMBER any property is to
deposit it at a pawnbroker's, or elsewhere
for present security ; to retire to any
house or private place for a short time,
is called lumbering yourself. A man
apprehended, and sent to gaol, is said to
be LUMBERED, to be in lumber, or to be
in Lombard Street.
1830. W. T. MONCRIE.FF, The Heart
of London, ii. 1. They LUMBERED him
for a few moons.
a ship are so called by the sailors.
—GRosE (1785).
LUMBERER, subs. (turf).—!. A
swindling tipster '.
2. (American thieves').—A
pawnbroker ; UNCLE (q.v.).
L UMB ER ER -CR I B, subs. (American
thieves').—A pawnbroker's shop.
LUMBER-HOUSE, subs. (thieves').—
A house for storing stolen property.
1889. Ally Slater's Half-holiday,
4 May. For instance, one day, when
he was drinking in a LUMBER-HOUSE, near
Billingsgate, Joe Haynes, the comedian,
and a broken officer came raking thither,
too, without a farthing in either of their
pockets.'
LuMB ER -STATE, subs. (American).—
Maine.
LUMMOKING, adj. (colloquial).—Heavy;
awkward.
b.1852. Traits of American Humour,
II. 1o. What, the ensign of the Dogtown
Blues? that great LUMMOKIN' feller.
LUMMY, adj. (common).—Firstrate.
1843. DICKENS, fartin Chuzzlewit,
Ah ! ' said Bill . . . . LUMMY Ned
of the Light Salisbury, he was the one
for musical talents.'
1883. Punch, 28 July, p. 38, col. 1.
London's gettin' more LUMMY each day ;
there's sech oshuns to see and enjoy !
1892. MILLIKEN, 'Arry Ballads, p.
4. 'Ardly know which is LUMMIEST.
L u MP, subs. (colloquial).—I. Anything
exceptional : e.g. a LUMP of
a man ' ; I like that a LUMP';
that's a LUMP'.
2. (vagrants').—The workhouse;
the PAN (q.v.). Also LUMP HOTEL.
LIVE LUMBER, subs. phr. (old). 3. (colloquial).—A party ; an
—Soldiers or passengers on board association.