Difference between revisions of "Mumper"
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| − | + | * mumper: a beggar, a mendicant; a person who sponges on others; a genteel beggar | |
| + | ** 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" | ||
| − | + | * mump: to cheat; to overreach | |
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| + | * ''Gi'' mumper: halfbred gipsy; | ||
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| + | *Mum, Pa: parents double their number by begetting children | ||
Revision as of 06:40, 11 June 2006
- mumper: a beggar, a mendicant; a person who sponges on others; a genteel beggar
- 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"
- mump: to cheat; to overreach
- Gi mumper: halfbred gipsy;
- number
- Mum, Pa: parents double their number by begetting children
