subs. (common).—1. The mouth. See POTATO-TRAP.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. BLUBBER. … I have stopped the cull’s BLUBBER; I have stopped the fellow’s mouth, meant either by gagging or murdering him.
2. (common).—A woman’s breasts; the paps: see DAIRIES. Hence TO SPORT (or FLASH THE) BLUBBER phr. (common) = To expose the breasts: especially of women with large and fully developed bosoms.
Verb (colloquial).—To cry; to NAP THE BIB (q.v.): in contempt: also BLUB: see BLUBBERATION.
1360. Sir Gawayn [E.E.T.S.]. [T. L. KINGTON-OLIPHANT, The New English, i. 59. Akin to the Dutch and German are waist, tap, BLUBBER …]
1400. Testament of Love, II. (1560), 283, 1. Han women none other wrech … but BLOBER and wepe till hem list stint.
1594. NASHE, Dido, Queen of Carthage, v. 1 [GROSART (1885), VI. 71]. By these BLUBBRED cheekes.
1748. SMOLLETT, Roderick Random, xliv. (1804), 202. He BLUBBERED like a great school-boy who had been whipped.
1772. BRIDGES, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 6.
| Thus did this waring red-nos’d lubber | |
| Make a great noise, and pray, and BLUBBER. |
1826. SCOTT, Woodstock, I. iv. Phœbe Mayflower BLUBBERED heartily for company.
1888. G. R. SIMS, Ballads of Babylon (Fallen by the Way).
| Don’t be a fool and BLUB, Jim, it’s a darned good thing for you— | |
| You’ll find a mate as can carry and ’ll play the music too. |
