MacManus, who had command of the stewards on the night of the attack, knew a number of men like Mick Digney, who was what was called a "lumper"-that is, a contractor in a small way who took work in the "lump" and employed men for loading and unloading ships.
"The Life Story of an Old Rebel"
John Denvir
lumper, a loose step.
"Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect"
William Barnes
An', sure enough, he sunk down soft an' complate through the hay to the bottom; an' wid the turnin' and roulin' about in the night, the divil a bit iv him but was covered up as shnug as a lumper in a pittaty furrow before mornin'.
"The Irish Fairy Book"
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