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stumblebums

stumblebums is the plural of stumblebum.

Meaning of stumblebum

Noun

stumblebum (plural stumblebums)

  1. A blundering or awkward person.
  2. An inept prizefighter.
  3. (slang) A homeless person.
    • 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."2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, →ISBN, page 92
    Synonyms:
    bum

Questions about stumblebums

What is stumblebums the plural of?
Stumblebums is the plural of stumblebum.

Words near stumblebums in the dictionary

  1. stumble onto
  2. stumble upon
  3. stumble-drunk
  4. stumble-drunks
  5. stumblebum
  6. stumblebums
  7. stumbled
  8. stumbled across
  9. stumbled against
  10. stumbled into
  11. stumbled on

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