10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUMMAREE»
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London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of the ...
A salesman, if he have disposed of the fish consigned to himself, will turn
bummaree if any bargain tempt him. Or a fishmonger may purehase twice the
quantity he requires for his own trade, in order to procure a cheaper stock, and "
bummaree ...
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London Labour and the London Poor: the Condition and ...
Few if any of these dealers, however, are merely bummarees. A salesman, if he
have disposed of the fish consigned to himself, will turn bummaree if any bargain
tempt him. Or a fishmonger may purchase twice the quantity he requires for his ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
bummaree . A Billingsgate fishmarket middle-man (–1786): coll till ca 1800, when
it > S.E. Etymology obscure; perhaps ex S.E. bottomry (1622): cf. Fr. bomerie,
bottomry. cf. the v. 2. A bainmarie: cooks' (–1909). cf. BANG-MARY.
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Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment
Murrell & Bummaree 1836; Attorney-General v. Brown 1847: 317–18). In these
decisions, the court interpreted Crown title to land as arising from Indigenous
inhabitants lacking numbers, civilization and proprietary rights sufficient to claim
the ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Bummaree, subs, (common). —A Billingsgate middleman. These men,
whoarenot recognised by the trade, are speculative buyersof fish. Hence,to
bummaree it = to speculate in fish. Bummed. 429 Bummer. 1660. Public
Intelligencer, 25 June, ...
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Industrial and labor relations review
butcher said, at the Committee of Inquiry proceedings, that he had "out of
curiosity, tried to pump" his bummaree on one occasion about his earnings, a
union officer commented, "He should have said 'Mind your own business.' "
Porters ...
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Industrial & Labor Relations Review
butcher said, at the Committee of Inquiry proceedings, that he had "out of
curiosity, tried to pump" his bummaree on one occasion about his earnings, a
union officer commented, "He should have said 'Mind your own business.' "
Porters ...
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The Slang Dictionary; Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, ...
BUMMAREE. This term is given to a class of speculating salesmen at Billingsgate
market, not recognised as such by the trade, but who get a living by buying large
quantities of fish from the salesmen and re-selling them to smaller buyers.
Any ideas about "bummaree", the mysterious word for a heaver of meat in
Smithfield? Another little-known explanation is that the Shadwells opened a
second pub there to cater for the early morning workers. They were at their wit's
end to keep ...
Their ranks, however, are swelled in the following way : A salesman, having
disposed of his own fish, will “bummaree” for the sake of the possible profit, or a
fishmonger, having purchased a double supply for a cheaper price, will “
bummaree ...
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Queen Mother backed Thatcher honour
that as an Hon Bummaree I would be delighted to become an honorary member of the Union." William Shawcross, author of Queen Elizabeth, ... «Independent, Sep 09»