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crumbum en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (slang) An objectionable or foolish person.
   • I went and got her dress for her. She put it on and all, and then she picked up her polo coat off the bed. “So long, crumb-bum,” she said. 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 128:
   • You said it, crumb-bum. We was undeforted! 2006 December 18, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Decemberween Short Shorts”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Coach Z (Matthew Chapman):
   • Don't let this crumbum talk you into doing his dirty work. He's known as the literary pimp of Sixth Avenue. 1987, James A. Michener, Centennial, →ISBN, page 9:

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crummy · crumb