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Bummer   Listen
noun
bummer  n.  
1.
An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a loafer; a dissipated sponger; one who bums. (Slang, U.S.)
2.
An unpleasant event, experience, or situation; as, getting caught in a cloudburst while wearing my best suit was a bummer. (Slang, U.S.)





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"Bummer" Quotes from Famous Books



... STRONGER THAN FOR LIQUOR.—This appetite is far stronger and more uncontrollable than that for liquor, and we can spot its victim as readily as though he were an ordinary bummer. He has a pallid complexion, a shifting, shuffling manner and can't look you in the face. If you manage to catch his eye for an instant you will observe that its pupil is contracted to an almost invisible point. ...
— Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners • B.G. Jefferis


Words linked to "Bummer" :   annoyance, irritation, botheration, vexation


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