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bum
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[ noun ] a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
Examples "only a rotter would do that" "kill the rat" "throw the bum out" "you cowardly little pukes!" "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)To them bums ? (Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)`` Hit the bum '' ! somebody yelled from the Anniston bench . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a disreputable vagrant
Examples "a homeless tramp" "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" Used in print (Jay Williams, The Forger....)I had studied with Burns ten years before , during the scholarship year the Manhattan gave me , along with the five-hundred dollar prize for my paintings of bums on Hudson_Street . |
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[ verb ] be lazy or idle
Examples "Her son is just bumming around all day" |
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[ noun ] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Examples "he deserves a good kick in the butt" "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
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