adv. ? nonce-wd. Used to express clumsy movement.
a. 1553. Udall, Royster D., II. iii. (Arb.), 36. Ye shall see hir glide and … Not lumperdee clumperdee like our spaniell Rig.
1864. Carmarthen Jrnl., 15 Jan., 6/1. Not that by any means I wish to be understood to say that they [the Welsh] either glide or trip on the ‘light fantastic toe’ with the grace of a Cinderella, for I am afraid that I must, in the words of the old comedy, confess, that ‘Lumperdee Clumperdee’ is the national practice.
