[f. THRUM v.3 + -ER1.] One who thrums or strums on a stringed instrument; an idle or indifferent player.
1706. E. Ward, Hud. Rediv., I. X. 8. A Welsh Thrummer’s slaving Ass, That carr’s his Harp from Place to Place.
a. 1810. Tannahill, Wand. Bard, Poems (1846), 108. No, thou old intruding thrummer, Thou canst have no lodging here.
1850. S. Dobell, Roman, vii. To the buttery hatch, Ye strolling thrummers.
