lump the lighter

English

Verb

lump the lighter (third-person singular simple present lumps the lighter, present participle lumping the lighter, simple past and past participle lumped the lighter)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) To be transported as a felon.

References

• [John Camden Hotten] (1859) “LUMP THE LIGHTER”, in A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC.