Brewer's: Heep

(Uriah). An abject toady, malignant as he is base; always boasting of his 'umble birth, 'umble position, 'umble abode, and 'umble calling. (Dickens: David Copperfield.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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