He used the phrase "Bumper year" and I was curious where that came from: > A bumper crop is a very large amount. Most often, the term bumper crop is used to de

He used the phrase "Bumper year" and I was curious where that came from: > A bumper crop is a very large amount. Most often, the term bumper crop is used to describe a high yield of harvest in an agricultural endeavor, but it may be used figuratively to mean a large amount of something. The expression bumper crop came into common use around 1830, but the word bumper dates back farther. In the 1600s, a bumper was an extra large wine cup that when filled to the brim, held a great amount of wine. By the 1700s, the word bumper was used in conversation to mean a large amount of something. By 1830, this definition of the word bumper came to be used mostly in the expressions bumper crop and bumper year. > Dickens wrote in 1839, “This charming actress will be greeted with a bumper,” meaning a crowded house at the theater.