stumblebum
Noun
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Noun
stumblebum (plural stumblebums)
- A blundering or awkward person.
- An inept prizefighter.
- (slang) A homeless person.
- Synonyms: bum
- 2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, ISBN 0399153764, page 92,
- 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."
- (blundering person) See also Thesaurus:unskilled person
- (inept prizefighter) ham-and-egger, palooka, tomato can
- (homeless person) See also Thesaurus:vagabond
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