lumbered

comparative more lumbered · superlative most lumbered

1. slangTrapped, encumbered.

   ‘And you're going to marry her, are you? Or have you knocked her up?’ ‘No. Neither.’ ‘So you’re just going out? You’re not lumbered?’

   1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 22

2. UKobsoleteslangIn prison.

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   But I knew that he was married only a week ago, and never dreamt that he would leave his pretty wife to poke his nose into Banks's crib. What an infernal oversight on my part! And now — here I am, regularly lumbered; and all the swag arising from Kate Wilmot's business is in the hands of that canting sneak Banks! Damnation to Richard Markham! I shall swing for this if I don't take precious good care.

   1859, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volume 2, page 303

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of lumber