(dated) Work contracted for, or taken by the lump.

(idiomatic) To receive physical abuse and to survive. / (figuratively) To endure through criticism or other adversity.

On the point of crying due to strong emotion, either happy or sad.

(idiomatic) Strong emotion, either happy or sad, causing someone to be on the verge of crying.

(idiomatic) Engender a strong emotional reaction.

An extra laborer hired to assist in the loading or unloading of a truck or a ship.

(dialect) A lamprey.

to lumber; to plod

Of or relating to social outcasts. / Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat. / Plebeian.

A member of the lumpenproletariat.