[f. LUMBER v.1 + -ER1.]

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  1.  One who goes clumsily or blunderingly.

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1593.  Nashe, Christ’s T. (1613), 128. So many cow-baby-bawlers and heauy-gated lumberers into the ministry are stumbled.

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  2.  slang. † a. ? A tramp, vagrant (obs.). b. ‘A swindling tipster’ (Barrère & Leland).

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1764.  Low Life (ed. 3), 99. Lumberers taking a Survey of the Streets and Markets, and preparing to mount Bulks instead of Beds.

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1897.  Hall Caine, Christian, IV. iv. 376. The pickpocket, the card-sharper, the ‘lumberer,’… and the faker of every description laid his snares on this holy spot [Epsom Downs].

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1901.  Sketch, 18 Dec., 351/1. It is a pity means could not be devised to rid the Turf of the ‘lumberers.’

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