lumper
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
Biology Informal. a taxonomist who believes that classifications should emphasize similarities among organisms and therefore favors large, inclusive taxa (opposed to splitter).
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How to use lumper in a sentence
lumper, a low thief who haunts wharves and docks, and robs vessels, also a person who sells old goods as new.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten"Monsoon, you son of a lumper potato," cried out a surly, gruff voice from a berth opposite.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) | Charles LeverSo a lumper, or 'longshoreman, had told the men where to put things.
The Sandman: His Sea Stories | William J. HopkinsA lumper was a man who did the work of carrying things into a ship, or out of it.
The Sandman: His Sea Stories | William J. Hopkins
British Dictionary definitions for lumper
/ (ˈlʌmpə) /
US a stevedore; docker
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