E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Lumpkin (Tony),
in She Stoops to Conquer, by Goldsmith. A sheepish, mischievous, idle, cunning lout, “with the vices of a man and the follies of a boy;” fond of low company, but giving himself the airs of the young squire.
