Definition of "lumpers" [lumpers]

• Plural form of lumper. (noun)

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• "All its equipment was spotless and functional, unlike most places, where they have a minimum of working equipment, the infrastructure is crumbling, and unloading is done by "lumpers," independent contractors who work for cash, without benefits or insurance."
• "There, it's said that there are two types of biologist: the "lumpers" and the "splitters"."
• "There had been heroism in the passive struggle of six months before, when the seamen left the boats at the wharves for the sake of others and when the "lumpers" threw their coats over their shoulders and stood by the seamen and when the miners came up from the mines so that no coal should go to help fight comrades they had never seen."