stumern.
/ˈstjuːmə/, /ˈstʃuːmə/, U.S. /ˈst(j)umər/ slang.
1.
a. A forged or dishonoured cheque; a counterfeit bank-note or coin; a sham. Also attributive, as stumer cheque.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > cheque > forged or dishonoured
paper1850
stumer1890
rubber cheque1922
kite1927
rubber kite1961
1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 793 ‘Stumer’ is slang for a worth~less cheque.
a1897 Sporting Times in Barrère & Leland Slang Dict. (at cited word) My collection of writs, pawn tickets, un~receipted bills, stumers [etc.].
1897 H. Caine Christian iv. iv. 376 A ‘thick'un’? Oh, that was a sovereign,..twenty-five pounds a ‘pony’, five hundred a ‘monkey’, flash notes were ‘stumers’.
1911 A. G. C. Through College Keyhole 13 For Maeterlinck's bird was a stumor, I've heard.
1912 L. Williams in Daily News 19 Dec. 7/4 I did pass a bad florin, guv'nor, but I did it innocent. I didn't know it was a stumer.
1926 F. M. Ford Man could stand Up ii. iii. 140 Two [were] awaiting court-martial for giving stumer cheques.
1944 P. Cheyney They never say When i. 18 Tell him to get in touch with Effie and get that stumer cheque from her and issue a writ against Swayle.
1962 Listener 11 Jan. 98/1 People who cash stumer cheques.
1972 L. Lamb Pict. Frame xvii. 149 Nice old Mr. Murgatroyd got your picture back from the man who gave you a stumer cheque.
b. Australian. Also stoomer /-uː-/. (See quots.)
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the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > person lacking money
sans dener1469
empty pocket1834
stumer1898
skinner1943
1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. (Red Page) A stoomer or stumer is a man without money.
1900–10 S. E. O'Brien & A. G. Stephens Material for Dict. Austral. Slang 1900–10 (MS.) Come a stoomer, stake a bet and lose everything.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 73 Stumer, (in gambling or racing) a bankrupt, a defaulter... Come a stumer, to crash financially, esp. in a racing bet.
2. gen. Something which is worthless; a failure, a ‘flop’, a ‘dud’. Also used of persons.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful
failure1836
stumer1891
flop1893
dead-ender1915
no-ball1922
dead loss1927
non-performer1962
bust-out1963
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > inaptitude or awkwardness > person
muff1819
muffin1830
jackleg1844
stumer1891
stumblebum1932
1891 Sporting Times 7 Mar. 1/3 The merry stumer.
1902 Sporting Times 1 Feb. 3/1 He..had given her as security a ‘stumer’ in the shape of an unfinished history of Corsica.
1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xii. 132 The agony of having put his little all on a stumer that hadn't finished in the first six.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 273 Stumer, an expression used commonly to denote a shell that had failed to explode.
1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. iv. 140 There is no good in me... You've pitched on a stumer.
1934 Punch 10 Jan. 50/1 Myself... No, drama. Young couple sight-seeing in mine. Old Miner guide. Roof falls, water rises. Daphne. Sounds like a stumer. Are you going to give it a run?
1970 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 15/1 While in the course of a year countless shares will establish new lows only half a dozen will turn out to be real stumers and eventually worthless.
1976 Times 21 Feb. 15/3 Eclecticism guarantees that in a period like this the [Tate] collection will come to include a fair proportion of stumers.
1980 R. Hill Spy's Wife iv. 25 Don't be such a stumer!.. Fetch them.
3. Also stuma. A state of agitation; a sweat or ‘stew’.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
1932 W. H. Auden in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1978) Aug. 284 Poor old Ma in a perfect stuma.
1936 W. H. Auden Look, Stranger! 36 Behind your simple sense of humour You hide the boss's simple stuma.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 73 Stumer, in a, in a ‘stew’, worried, angry.
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