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jumpup

noun

Etymology

From the phrase jump up.

Definitions

  1. A road path or track ascending or descending a hill or range.

  2. A van-dragger

    A van-dragger; a thief who takes part in van-dragging.

    • Charlotte jump-ups are more imaginative. There is "Red Light" Smith, a timid thief who pulled a respectable burglary some years back, but was caught when he stopped for a red light in making his getaway.

  3. An instance of van-dragging.

    • Usual petty-theft beginnings. Graduated to the bigger stuff - jump-ups, blaggings. Eventually controlled a few similar types down east somewhere.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA