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crumb-bum

crumb-bum is the alternative form of crumbum.

Meaning of crumbum

Noun

crumbum (plural crumbums)

  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

Forms of crumb-bum

pluralcrumb-bums

Questions about crumb-bum

What is crumb-bum the alternative form of?
Crumb-bum is the alternative form of crumbum.

Words near crumb-bum in the dictionary

  1. crumb rubber
  2. crumb rubbers
  3. crumb snatcher
  4. crumb snatchers
  5. crumb up
  6. crumb-bum
  7. crumb-bums
  8. crumb-cruncher
  9. crumb-crunchers
  10. crumb-crusher
  11. crumb-crushers

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