Lump work, work contracted for, or taken by the LUMP.
Lumper, a contractor. On the river more especially a person who contracts to deliver a ship laden with timber.
Lumper, a low thief who haunts wharves and docks, and robs vessels, also a person who sells old goods as new.
Lumpy, intoxicated. Also used to signify enceinte.
Lunan, a girl.—Gipsy.
Lurch, a term at the game of cribbage. A is said to LURCH B when the former attains the end, or sixty-first hole, of the board before the latter has pegged his thirty-first hole; or, in more familiar words, before B has turned the corner. A LURCH sometimes, and then only by agreement, counts as a double game or rub.
Lurk, a sham, swindle, or representation of feigned distress. An imposition of any kind is a LURK.
Lurker, an impostor who travels the country with false certificates of fires, shipwrecks, &c. Also, termed a [SILVER BEGGAR], which see.
Lush, intoxicating drinks of all kinds, but generally used for beer. It is generally allowed, as has been stated, that LUSH and its derivatives claim Lushington, the brewer, as sponsor.
Lush, to drink, or get drunk.