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lumper
[ luhm-per ]
noun
- a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- Biology Informal. a taxonomist who believes that classifications should emphasize similarities among organisms and therefore favors large, inclusive taxa ( splitter ).
lumper
/ ˈʌə /
noun
- a stevedore; docker
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“I’m very conservative, and I’m a lumper at heart,” he admits.
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In your book, you call yourself a "lumper."
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Workers enter the facility the same way Atlantic redfish do—from the dock out back—as “lumpers” haul full-bodied fish out of boats just a few yards from an outdoor hand-washing station.
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He was not a splitter, but a lumper, a seeker of deeper anatomy.
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Longshoremen, railroad workers, teamsters, the lumpers who load trailers, warehouse workers, and retail clerks are all at risk of being forced into unemployment.
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