Jack. - Horntip

Mumble-a ast. 386 Mummer.
1863. H. KINGSLEY, Austin Elliot,
ch. vi. This man could talk to her and
amuse her, when he sat mumcHANcE.
1869. C. READE, Foul Play, ch. I.
To use her own words, she was one as
couldn't abide to sit MUMCHANCE.
1893. MILLIKEN, 'Arry Ballads, p.
35. A fig for sech MUMCHANCE old
mivvi es.
1895. H. B. MARRIOTT-WATSON, in
New Review, July, p. 4. But when the
Law says mum, why I says mum, too,
as in duty bound.
Verb. (theatrical).-To act.
1569. PRESTON, Cambyses [DODSLEY,
Old Plays (1874), iv. 23n. Running at
tilt, justing, with running at the ring,
Masquing and MUMMING, with each kind
of thing.
1598. FLORIO, Worlde of Wordes,
Masca rare, to maske . to mum, to
cloke, to hide.
1606. Return from Parnassus
[DonsLEv , Old Plays (1874), ix. 190].
And all the grisly sprights of griping hell
With mummiNo look hath dogg'd thee
since thy birth.
1851-61. MAYHEW, Lond. Lab., iii.
149. We call strolling acting, MUMMING
and the actors mummers.
MUMBLE-CRUST, subs. (old).-A
toothless man or woman.
1623. MIDDLETON and ROWLEY,
Sfianish Gyfisy, ii. 1. Farewell, old
greybeard;-adieu mother MUMBLE-CRUST.
MUMBLE-MATINS, subs. (old).-A
priest.
d.1576. BISHOP PILKINGTON, Wks., 26.
How can they be learned haying none
to teach them but Sir John MUMBLE-
MATINS?
MUMBLE-NEWS, subs. (old collo-
quial).-A tale-bearer.
1594. SHAKSPEARE, Love's Labour
Lost, V. 2. Some MUMBLE-NEWS, Some
trencher-knight, some Dick.
M UMBLEPEG, subs. (venery).-The
female _pudendum. For synonyms
see MONOSYLLABLE.
MUMBLE-SPARROW, subs. (old).--
See quot.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, S.V.
MUMBLE SPARROW. A cruel sport practised
at wakes and fairs, in the following
manner : A cock sparrow whose wings
are clipped, is put into the crown of a
hat ; a man having his arms tied behind
him, attempts to bite off the sparrow's
head, but is generally obliged to desist,
by the many pecks and pinches he receives
from the enraged bird.
M U M BO -J U M BO, subs. (common).-
. An African deity.
1831. T. CARLYLE, Sarfor Re arlus,
p. 137, ed. t858. So likewise a day
comes when the Runic Thor with his
Eddas, must withdraw into dimness and
many an African Mumno-JumBo and
Indian Pawaw be utterly abolished.
1864. The Times, 2 Nov. And
MUMBO-JUMBO Will not be put off with
inferior articles-the slightest blemish in
colour or inferiority in cloth is instantly
detected and rejected by these semisavages,
hence the greatest care is necessary
in catering for their wants.
2. (colloquial). - Unmeaning
jargon.
M UM- BUDGET. See MUM.
MUM-GLASS, subs. (old).-The Monument
on Fish St. Hill.
1760. DYCHE & PARDON, Dict., s.v.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
MUMMER, subs. (theatrical).-I. A
player.
1599. Solyman and Persecla
[DODSLEY, Old Plays (1874), V. 309].
I was one of the MUMMERS myself, simple
as I stand here.
1605. MARSTON, Insatiate Coun-
Jesse, lii. Dost make a MUMMER of me,
oxe-head ? Make answer gentleman.
1610. SHAKSPEARE, Coriolanus,
1. If you chance to be pinched with
the cholick, you make faces like MUMMERS.
1772. COLES, Diet., s.v.
1821. EGAN, 7om 7erry, p. 78.