9 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COME A STUMER»
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Hence, a bankrupt; a defaulter; (of a plan or enterprise) a failure: Aus. sporting
and gambling: since ca. 1920. (B., 1942.) Cf. Aus. and NZ come a stumer, to
crash financially (B., l941).—8. A fool: Cockney: C.20. Ex Yiddish. Cf.:'~9. A deat'»
mute: ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
... stumer To deprive of money clean out To lose one's money come a stumer To
make payment brass up; cough up; kick in; pop; shell out; spring To fail to pay
skunk Expenses exes To spend money recklessly; to squander blow; blow in;
blue; ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Australian words and their origins
[Prob. transf. use of Br. slang stumer a forged or dishonoured cheque: see OED(S
.) One who is penniless. In the phr. to come a stumer, to lose one's money. See
also Stoom. 1 898 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 7 Dec. (Red Page), A stoomer or stumer is
...
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New Zealand slang:
a dictionary of colloquialisms, the first ...
When someone has failed miserably in some task or is in a hopeless tangle of
confusion, he is said to be in a stumer. The relation to the English to be in a stew
should be noted. To crash financially is to come a stumer. The term is probably ...
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New Zealand English: an introduction to New Zealand speech ...
... tease) chuck off at (to criticise, sneer at) come a stumer, come a gutser (to take
a fall, come a cropper) come to light with (to produce) dip out (to be unsuccessful,
miss out) do (to do money = to spend or lose it) do one's bun, do one's block (to ...
Elizabeth Gordon, Tony Deverson, 1985
... Mr. Wells' I think 1 admire dogmatic courage in publishing this book at all. It
consists of a collection of articles syndicated throughout America in the last four
months or so. In his prophetic articles Mr. Wells has come a stumer so often that
his ...
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Southerly:
A Literary Magazine
"si.", "hist." and "obsolec", there is not enough indication of the currency of the
words included, and the Supplement is in this respect misleading. I have never
encountered "bobsy-die", "give it a buck" and "come a stumer" in Australian
English, ...
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The PCOS Diet Book: How You Can Use the Nutritional Approach ...
One in 10 women suffers from polycystic ovary syndrome.
Colette Harris, Theresa Francis-Cheung, 2002
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Örnekli günlük konuşma ve deyimler sözlüğü: İngilizce/Türkçe
Come a stumer Fena halde düşmek (söz. an. ve mec.) (bak) Sür one 's stumps.
Stump up Ödemek. Stumped for Ne yapacağını bilmez durumda, şaşkın. Kül
yutmuş, dolandırılmış. Stung to the quick; wounded to the quick; cut to the quick
Çok ...
Peter Papi, Şükrü Alpagut, 1989
