Dock-side Lumper(A). One engaged in delivering and loading ships' cargoes. “Judging of my histrionic powers by my outward man, he probably thought me more flt for a dock-side lumper than an actor.” —C. Thomson: Autobiography, p. 191. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Dock-side Lumper from Infoplease:
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