mumpern.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmpə/, U.S.

/ˈməmpər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mump v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < mump v.² + -er suffix¹. Compare Dutch momper.In spec. use probably confused with or influenced by mummer n.; compare mumping n.²

Chiefly slang and English regional.

A beggar, a mendicant; a person who sponges on others.Grose in his Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (1796) states that the term denoted ‘originally beggars of the genteel kind, but since used for beggars in general.’ Eng. Dial. Dict. at Mump v.¹ records that in some parts of England the term is ‘not applied to beggars in general, but to those only who go in troops from house to house, in some places on St Thomas's Day, in others on St Stephen's’ (see also the note at mumping n.²). The sense in quot. a1652 is unclear.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar

beggara1250

bidder1362

mendinantc1395

mendivaunt1395

craver1406

thigger1424

gangrela1450

mendicant1474

mendiant1483

eremite1495

Lazarus?a1513

truandals1523

bellyterc1540

clapperdudgeon1567

beggar-man1608

maunder1609

maunderer1611

Abraham cove1612

eleemosynary1643

mumpera1652

jockey1685

progger1685

asker1708

thigster1710

prog1828

shooler1830

cadger1851

panhandler1893

Weary Willie1896

schlepper1901

plinger1904

peg-legger1915

tapper1930

clochard1940

a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden i. i. 11 in Five New Playes (1659) Nic. Young Pig was speaking of such a one to me, and that she was a Mumper. Clot. What's that a Sister of the Scabberd, brother of the Blade?

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. D Mumpers, gentile Beggers.

1678 T. D'Urfey Fool turn'd Critick v. iii. 46 He has stockt all the Parishes about us with his off-spring already, there's never a Mumper in Essex but has one of 'em at her back.

1720 N. Amhurst Epist. Sir J. Blount 13 Your Dedicators..Will prove..But genteel Mumpers at the best; For where's the Difference..Whether they beg in Prose or Rhime?

a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) I. iii. 25 I..from a Mumper at Cottages became a Guest at the best Inns.

1800 ‘A. Pasquin’ Satires & Biogr. 30 Clad as a mumper, Pepper Arden is seen begging hard for a thumper!

1828 W. Scott Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. xi. 321 That I had turned mumper in good earnest.

1892 ‘Q’ I saw Three Ships 263 A vast improvement, at any rate, on the mumpers' lodgings I had been used to for many months.

1898 S. J. Weyman Shrewsbury xiv. 125 The Piazza..had its usual fringe of flower girls and mumpers.

1951 W. Lewis Rotting Hill Envoi 307 He had heard there were some mumpers encamped not far from the Borough Reading Room.

1986 T. Barling Smoke vii. 144 He travelled from Perth to Newton Abbot,..and met every dip, tout, tipster, mumper, off-course bookie, gambler and rattler-sharp in the business.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mumper
释义	mumpern. Brit. /ˈmʌmpə/, U.S. /ˈməmpər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mump v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < mump v.² + -er suffix¹. Compare Dutch momper.In spec. use probably confused with or influenced by mummer n.; compare mumping n.² Chiefly slang and English regional. A beggar, a mendicant; a person who sponges on others.Grose in his Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (1796) states that the term denoted ‘originally beggars of the genteel kind, but since used for beggars in general.’ Eng. Dial. Dict. at Mump v.¹ records that in some parts of England the term is ‘not applied to beggars in general, but to those only who go in troops from house to house, in some places on St Thomas's Day, in others on St Stephen's’ (see also the note at mumping n.²). The sense in quot. a1652 is unclear. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar beggara1250 bidder1362 mendinantc1395 mendivaunt1395 craver1406 thigger1424 gangrela1450 mendicant1474 mendiant1483 eremite1495 Lazarus?a1513 truandals1523 bellyterc1540 clapperdudgeon1567 beggar-man1608 maunder1609 maunderer1611 Abraham cove1612 eleemosynary1643 mumpera1652 jockey1685 progger1685 asker1708 thigster1710 prog1828 shooler1830 cadger1851 panhandler1893 Weary Willie1896 schlepper1901 plinger1904 peg-legger1915 tapper1930 clochard1940 a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden i. i. 11 in Five New Playes (1659) Nic. Young Pig was speaking of such a one to me, and that she was a Mumper. Clot. What's that a Sister of the Scabberd, brother of the Blade? 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. D Mumpers, gentile Beggers. 1678 T. D'Urfey Fool turn'd Critick v. iii. 46 He has stockt all the Parishes about us with his off-spring already, there's never a Mumper in Essex but has one of 'em at her back. 1720 N. Amhurst Epist. Sir J. Blount 13 Your Dedicators..Will prove..But genteel Mumpers at the best; For where's the Difference..Whether they beg in Prose or Rhime? a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) I. iii. 25 I..from a Mumper at Cottages became a Guest at the best Inns. 1800 ‘A. Pasquin’ Satires & Biogr. 30 Clad as a mumper, Pepper Arden is seen begging hard for a thumper! 1828 W. Scott Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. xi. 321 That I had turned mumper in good earnest. 1892 ‘Q’ I saw Three Ships 263 A vast improvement, at any rate, on the mumpers' lodgings I had been used to for many months. 1898 S. J. Weyman Shrewsbury xiv. 125 The Piazza..had its usual fringe of flower girls and mumpers. 1951 W. Lewis Rotting Hill Envoi 307 He had heard there were some mumpers encamped not far from the Borough Reading Room. 1986 T. Barling Smoke vii. 144 He travelled from Perth to Newton Abbot,..and met every dip, tout, tipster, mumper, off-course bookie, gambler and rattler-sharp in the business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1652
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