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fumbler|ˈfʌmblə(r)|
Also 6 fumblar, Sc. fumler.
[f. fumble v. + -er1.]
One who fumbles, in senses of the vb. cake fumbler: see cake n. 9.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 31 No man shulde rebuke..a stuttar or fumblar. c1800K. White Rem. II. 49 The work of, Sir, your humble Servant (Who, though I say't, am no such fumbler). 1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 92, I must not let down the character of the work, to flatter a few feckless fumblers. 1879Geo. Eliot Theo. Such viii. 145 A man..may be a mere fumbler in physiology and yet show a keen insight into human motives.
b. slang. (See quot. a 1700.)
1640Brome Sparagus Garden ii. ii, What stay we for, can you tell fumbler? 1679Oldham Sat. Woman 129 Wks. (1698) i. 147. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Fumbler, an unperforming Husband, one that is insufficient. 1719D'Urfey Pills V. 349 Wench Fumblers give ear ev'ry Man. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xi. (1804) 56 In the mean-time give me a kiss, you old fumbler. 1818Southey Lett. (1856) III. 90 A married couple, who have had no children, after a certain number of years, are compelled by their neighbours to give what we call a Fumbler's Feast. |