mumperyn.
/ˈmʌmp(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈməmp(ə)ri/ British slang. rare.
Begging.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging
thigging1331
cravingc1430
rogation?1536
progging1579
skeldering1600
begging1606
beggary1608
maunding1608
maund1610
gooding1646
mendication1646
mumping1685
mendicity1756
cadge1819
cadging1859
mumpery1894
plinging1910
yegging1913
panhandling1931
aggressive panhandling1981
1894 Canad. Mag. July 208/2 Most horrible tortures, too, are often invoked in the interests of mumpery. Not alone are the offspring of mumpers educated as mendicants and petty thieves, but children are frequently kidnapped from their homes for the same purposes.
1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xiii. 156 The hard-bitten vagabond of the highroad has his or her well-defined means of livelihood. This was a mistress of mumpery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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