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mumpers

mumpers is the plural of mumper.

Meaning of mumper

Noun

mumper (plural mumpers)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A beggar.
    • Here for a moment, running my eye along the Piazza, which had its usual fringe of flower girls and mumpers, swearing porters and hackney coaches, I thought my man with the white handkerchief had not come; but shifting my gaze to the Little Piazza, which was darker and less frequented, I presently...1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XIV, in Shrewsbury

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Proper noun capitalized: Mumpers

Mumpers

  1. (plural) plural of Mumper

Questions about mumpers

What is mumpers the plural of?
Mumpers is the plural of mumper.
What part of speech is mumpers?
Mumpers is a proper noun.

Words near mumpers in the dictionary

  1. mumoir
  2. mumoirs
  3. mump
  4. mumped
  5. mumper
  6. mumpers
  7. mumpery
  8. Mumphrey
  9. Mumphreys
  10. mumping
  11. Mumping Day

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