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Thread #158398   Message #3745982
Posted By: Gallus Moll
22-Oct-15 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'Bumper' definition needed
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bumper' definition needed
Chambers Scots Dictionary:
to fill to the brim; to drink healths in a bumper

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary:
a cup or glass filled to the brim for drinking a toast; anything large or generous in measure

I seem to recall a (whaling? fishing?) song with a verse about the ship (or hold?) being bumper full -- - - -

also I've come across it in more than one song with the 'drinking' meaning -- canny remember exactly what anes jist the noo - --