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stumblebum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From stumble + bum.

Meanings

  1. A blundering or awkward person.
  2. An inept prizefighter.
  3. (slang) A homeless person.
    • A bum came shambling past us.... "Fucking stumblebums," Corsetti said.... "Is 'stumblebum' the acceptable term for our indigent brothers and sisters?" "Sometimes I like 'vagrants,'" Corsetti said. "Depends on how much style they got." 2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, →ISBN, page 92:

Forms

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stumblebums Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

bum · tomato can (inept prizefighter) · palooka (inept prizefighter) · ham-and-egger (inept prizefighter)

Translations (2)

pdt Schlenkjafoot (a blundering or awkward person) · pdt Pultafoot (a blundering or awkward person)