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Bumper vs Mumper - What's the difference?

bumper | mumper |

As nouns the difference between bumper and mumper

is that bumper is (obsolete) a drinking vessel filled to the brim while mumper is (british|or|obsolete) a beggar.

As an adjective bumper

is (colloquial) large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.

bumper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
  • they now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.
  • * 1818 , Keats, :
  • *:Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,—
  • *:O smile among the shades, for this is fame!
  • * 1859 , Dickens, A tale of two cities ,
  • Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers , looking at his friend.
  • (colloquial) Anything large or successful (now usually attributively).
  • (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender
  • Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact
  • * The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
  • Someone or something that bumps.
  • (cricket) A bouncer.
  • (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
  • (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
  • (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
  • We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.

    mumper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, or, obsolete) A beggar.