crumbum
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crumbum (plural crumbums)
- (slang) An objectionable or foolish person.
- 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 128:
- 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.
- 1987, James A. Michener, Centennial[1], →ISBN, page 9:
- Don't let this crumbum talk you into doing his dirty work. He's known as the literary pimp of Sixth Avenue.
- 2006 December 18, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Decemberween Short Shorts”, in Homestar Runner[2], spoken by Coach Z (Matthew Chapman):
- You said it, crumb-bum. We was undeforted!