humpern.
/ˈhʌmpə/, U.S. /ˈhəmpər/ Something or someone that humps, in the senses of the verb. (For quot. 1895 cf. hump v. 3.)
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > swift vehicle
racera1800
velocipede1838
humper1895
the world > movement > transference > [noun] > conveying or transporting > action of carrying > one who carries
bearereOE
portera1382
carriera1398
beringa1500
portator?c1500
Christopher?1548
manuporter1688
toter1817
humper1961
1895 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 27 Mar. 1/3 We were coming along on time. Engine 586 is a humper, and Rankin, my fireman, was keeping her hot.
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous vii. 142 Hark to her [sc. a ship]! She's a humper!
1961 Spectator 7 Apr. 471 The carrying of a second man, or ‘humper’, on newspaper delivery vans in London.
1967 Times Rev. Industry Feb. 35/2 Worked in the Smithfield meat market..earning 30s. as a humper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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