BUMMAREE
\bˈʌmɐɹˌiː], \bˈʌmɐɹˌiː], \b_ˈʌ_m_ɐ_ɹ_ˌiː]\
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bum'ar-[=e], n. a middleman in the Billingsgate fish-market. [Ety. unknown: hardly the Fr. bonne marée, good fresh sea-fish.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Middleman at Billingsgate fish-market.
By Sir Augustus Henry