British slang meaning stuck with something unwanted or burdened with a difficult situation or person. To be lumbered with someone means to be landed with them, typically against your will or through bad luck. The older sense of being in prison is now obsolete. The burden sense is the one in everyday modern use.
She got lumbered with organising the whole event because everyone else made excuses.
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(slang) Trapped, encumbered.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) In prison.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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