lumberern.1
/ˈlʌmb(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈləmbərər/ North American.
One engaged in the lumber or timber trade.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumberman
wood-hewerc1000
wooderc1050
hagger1294
wood-hagger1294
feller1422
woodman1426
faller1614
wood-maker1616
forest-feller1618
axeman1671
holt-felstera1678
stocker1686
bayman1715
logger1734
wood-cutter1758
lumberer1809
lumbermana1817
shantyman1824
chopper1827
splitter1841
bushman1846
mahogany cutter1850
piner1871
bush-faller1882
lumberjack1888
bushwhacker1898
home guard1903
Jack1910
gyppo1912
timber-getter1912
timberjack1916
timber beast1919
1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. 33 To this mill, the surrounding lumberers or fellers of timber bring their logs.
1861 N. A. Woods Prince of Wales in Canada & U.S. 152 The lumberers, who in Ottawa welcomed the Prince in their procession of canoes.
1884 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 9 410 The legislature confined the enactment to the seasons during which lumberers ordinarily ply their trade.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lumberern.2
/ˈlʌmb(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈləmbərər/ Obsolete exc. slang.
A pawnbroker.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > one who lends money > one with whom pawn deposited > pawnbroker
fulker1568
broker1583
uncle1606
pawnbroker1658
lumberer1802
dolly-man1851
pawn1851
nunky1875
Shylock1930
1802 W. Taylor Let. 26 July in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 419 The Jew lumberers exhibit..candlesticks purchased of the church-robbers.
1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 296 We believe the term broker, for a furniture broker, is gradually disused, and that the term lumberer is introducing itself.
1896 J. S. Farmer Slang Lumberer..2. (American thieves'.)—A pawnbroker.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lumberern.3
/ˈlʌmb(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈləmbərər/ 1. One who goes clumsily or blunderingly.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > heavily or clumsily > one who
lumberer1593
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > lout, oaf, booby > [noun]
lubber1362
looby1377
howfing?a1513
slouch?1518
bowberta1522
knuckylbonyarda1529
lob1533
lout1548
patch1549
hoballa1556
lilburnea1556
lobcocka1556
chub1558
hick1565
lourd1579
peasant1581
clown1583
lubbard1586
lumberer1593
lump1597
blooterc1600
boobyc1600
lob-coat1604
hoy1607
bacon-brainsa1635
alcatote1638
oaf1638
kelf1665
brute1670
dowf1722
gawky1724
chuckle1731
chuckle-head1731
John Trott1753
stega1823
lummoxa1825
gawk1837
country jakea1854
guffin1862
galoot1866
stot1877
lobster1896
mutt1900
palooka1920
schlub1950
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 62v So many cow-baby-bawlers, and heauy-gated lumberers, into the Ministry are stumbled.
2. slang.† a. ? A tramp, vagrant. Obsolete.
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1764 T. Legg Low-life (ed. 3) 99 Lumberers taking a Survey of the Streets and Markets, and preparing to mount Bulks instead of Beds.
b. ‘A swindling tipster’ (Barrère & Leland).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > other types of defrauder or swindler
leger1591
concealer1597
break-bulk1622
bug hunter1725
land-shark1769
Morocco man1796
land-cook1807
nob-pitcher1819
bubble-man1862
scuttler1869
lumberer1897
prop man1966
1897 H. Caine Christian iv. iv. 376 The pick-pocket, the card-sharper, the ‘lumberer’,..and the faker of every description laid his snares on this holy spot [Epsom Downs].
1901 Sketch 18 Dec. 351/1 It is a pity means could not be devised to rid the Turf of the ‘lumberers’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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