Lumberer-crib, subs. (American thieves’).—A pawnbroker’s shop.
Lumber-house, subs. (thieves’).—A house for storing stolen property.
1889. Ally Sloper’s Half-holiday, 4 May. For instance, one day,
when he was drinking in a lumber-house, near Billingsgate, ‘Joe
Haynes, the comedian, and a broken officer came raking thither,
too, without a farthing in either of their pockets.’
Lumber-state, subs. (American).—Maine.
Lummoking, adj. (colloquial).—Heavy; awkward.
b. 1852. Traits of American Humour, II. 10. What, the ensign of the
Dogtown Blues? that great lummokin’ feller.
Lummy, adj. (common).—First-rate.
1843. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, xiii. ‘Ah!’ said Bill.... ‘Lummy
Ned of the Light Salisbury, he was the one for musical talents.’
1883. Punch, 28 July, p. 38, col. 1. London’s gettin’ more lummy
each day; there’s sech oshuns to see and enjoy!
1892. Milliken, ’Arry Ballads, p. 4. ’Ardly know which is lummiest.
Lump, subs. (colloquial).—1. Anything exceptional: e.g. ‘a lump of a
man’; ‘I like that a lump’; ‘that’s a lump’.