1618. Field, Amends for Ladies, ii. 1. She has been as sound a
jumbler as ever paid for it.
Jumbuck, subs. (Australian).—A sheep. For synonyms see Woolly-bird.
1851. Chambers’ Journal, xv. 317. Mind you look out well after the
men as well as the jumbucks.
1889. Pall Mall Gazette, Feb. The process by which the jumbucks are
shorn.
Jumm, verb. (venery).—To copulate.—(Urquhart). For synonyms see Greens
and Ride.
Jummix, verb. (American).—To jumble up; to mix together: a portmanteau
word (q.v.)
Jump, subs. (old).—1. A form of robbery. See Jilt, verb.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v. Jump. Robbery effected by ascending a ladder
placed by a sham lamplighter against the house intended to be
robbed. It is so called because, should the lamplighter be put to
flight, the thief who ascended the ladder has no means of escaping
but that of jumping down.