stumer noun. ['stju:mǝ] slang. In sense 3 also stuma. L19.
[Origin unkn.]
1. a. A forged or worthless cheque; a counterfeit banknote or coin. Also, a fraud, a sham. L19.
Listener The..lead in The Times..was a stumerthat NATO headquarters was moving. attrib.:
■ L. Lamb The man who gave you a stumer cheque.
b. A person who has lost all his or her money, esp. as a result of gambling etc. Freq. in come a stumer below. Austral. Now rare or obsolete. L19.
come a stumer be ruined; crash financially, esp. after losing a bet.

2. A worthless person or thing; a failure. L19.
■ P. G. Wodehouse The agony of having put his..all on a stumer that hadn't finished.

3. A state of anger, agitation, or worry. Chiefly Austral. M20.

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