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crumbums

crumbums is the plural 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

Questions about crumbums

What is crumbums the plural of?
Crumbums is the plural of crumbum.

Words near crumbums in the dictionary

  1. crumbly
  2. crumbs
  3. crumbs down
  4. crumbs up
  5. crumbum
  6. crumbums
  7. crumby
  8. Crumbys
  9. crumcake
  10. crumcakes
  11. crumcloth

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