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单词 bummareeing
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bummareeingn.

Forms: 1800s bumbareeing, 1800s bummareeing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bummaree n., bummaree v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < either bummaree n. or bummaree v. + -ing suffix1.
slang. Obsolete.
The action or practice of working as a middleman in a market, esp. Billingsgate fish market in London. Cf. bummaree n.
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society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in provisions > in fish or game > as middleman
bummareeing1859
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 21 The process of bumbareeing is very simple.
1885 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 124/1 A class of middlemen or fish-jobbers in Billingsgate market, who got a living by bummareeing, i.e., buying parcels of fish from the salesmen, and then retailing them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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