单词 | rattling mumper |
释义 | > as lemmasrattling mumper rattling mumper n. cant (now historical) a beggar who begs from coach passengers; cf. mumper n. ΚΠ 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 49 Coach-beggars, Ratling Mumpers. 1692 J. Shirley Triumph of Wit (ed. 2) 207 The Ratling-Mumper broke the Ratling-peeper. 1999 Salon.com (Nexis) 12 June The phrase recalls euphemisms for vaguely dusky events, or worse—such as being drunk as David's sow, sentenced to the three-legged mare,..or being set upon by rattling mumpers. < as lemmas |
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