1839. W. H. Ainsworth, J. Sheppard, p. 25 (ed. 1840). 'Let's have a look at the kinchen that ought to have been throttled,' added he, snatching the child from Wood. 'My stars! here's a pretty lullaby-cheat to make a fuss about—ho! ho!'
Lully, subs. (old).—See quot. 1785.
Hence Lully-prigger = a filcher
of wet or drying linen. Fr.
defleurir la picouse = Lully-prigging.
1754. Discoveries of John Poulter, p. 40. They are great priggers of lully.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Lulleys, wet linen.
1789. Parker, Life's Painter, p. 120. Upon the old slang, and sometimes a little lully-prigging.
Lumb, adv. (old).—Too much.—New
Cant. Dict. (1725); Grose
(1796).
Lumber, subs. (thieves').—1. A
room. [From the Lombard Room
in which the mediæval pawnbrokers
and bankers stored their
pledges].
1789. Parker, Life's Painter, 117. Have you any-body in the lumber behind the bar?
1819. Vaux, Memoirs, s.v., p. 188.
2. (old).—A prison; quod (q.v.).
Verb. (old).—(1) To pawn; (2) to imprison.
1819. Vaux, Memoirs, s.v. Lumber (p. 188), to lumber any property is to deposit it at a pawnbroker's, or elsewhere for present security; to retire to any house or private place for a short time, is called lumbering yourself. A man apprehended, and sent to gaol, is said to be lumbered, to be in lumber, or to be in Lombard Street.
1830. W. T. Moncrieff, The Heart of London, ii. 1. They lumbered him for a few moons.
Live lumber, subs. phr. (old).—Soldiers or passengers on board a ship are so called by the sailors.—Grose (1785).
Lumberer, subs. (turf).—1. A
swindling 'tipster'.
2. (American thieves').—A pawnbroker; uncle (q.v.).
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'.
2. (vagrants').—The workhouse; the pan (q.v.). Also lump hotel.
3. (colloquial).—A party; an association.
