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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • bum

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Interjection:

  • Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).

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Noun:

  • slang|uncommon homosexual male
  • _|slang A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
  • obsolete A forager During the American Civil War, especially during Sherman's southern campaign, "bummers" would leave the ranks sometimes for a week or more to forage and incidentally to reconnoiter. See THE STORY OF THE GREAT MARCH, by George Ward Nichols.
  • obsolete An idler

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