¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bummaree
1. a porter at a meat market [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bummaree
Literary usage of Bummaree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1852)
"I cannot think that “bona venalia,” goods set to sale, among the Romans, give
any clue to bummaree. This, and other derivations equally ..."
2. Englisch-deutsches Supplement-lexikon: Als Ergänzung zu allen bis jetzt by A. Hoppe (1871)
"... auf bcm '•the bummaree is the Jobber or speculator on the ... bummaree ift
ber regelmäßige ..."
3. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1896)
"An interesting figure at Billingsgate is the "bummaree. ... The bummaree does
not appear to be too highly paid for his services; his business is extremely ..."
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