mumper

plural mumpers

1. UKobsoleteslangA beggar.

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   Here for a moment, running my eye along the Piazza, which had its usual fringe of flower girls and mumpers, swearing porters and hackney coaches, I thought my man with the white handkerchief had not come; but shifting my gaze to the Little Piazza, which was darker and less frequented, I presently espied him walking to and fro under cover, with a cane in his hand and the air of a gentleman who had supped and was looking out for a pretty girl.

   1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XIV, in Shrewsbury

plural Mumpers

1. A surname.