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tumm•ler
(tŏŏm′lər),USA pronunciation n.
- Show Businessa male entertainer, as formerly employed by resorts in the Catskill Mountains, who combined the duties of a comedian, activities director, and master of ceremonies to keep the guests amused throughout the day.
- any lively, prankish, or mischievous man.
- Yiddish tumler one who makes a racket, stir, equivalent. to tuml(en) to make a racket + -er -er1; compare Middle High German getümel noise; see tumble
- 1930–35