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Webster 1913 Edition
Bumper
Bum′per
,Noun.
[A corruption of
bumbard
, bombard
, a large drinking vessel.] 1.
A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.
He frothed his
bumpers
to the brim. Tennyson.
2.
A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.
[Cant]
Bump′er
,Noun.
1.
That which bumps or causes a bump.
2.
Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock, such as a metal or rubber rim extending from an object; a buffer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bumper
BUMP'ER
,Noun.