subs. (old).An impotent man.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew. FUMBLER, c, an unperforming husband; one that is insufficient; a weak Brother.
1719. DURFEY, Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy, vi., 312. The old FUMBLER [Title].
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
c. 1790. BURNS, The Merry Muses, David and Bathsheba, p. 40.
By Jove, says she, whats this I see, | |
My Lord the Kings a fumbler. |