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Rarebummer
The correct spelling is bummer.
How to pronounce bummer
/ˈbʌ.mə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /ˈbʌ.mə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Bum-mer
The correct spelling is bummer. A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864. For example: "bum note"
Usage Examples
“bum note”
“bum deal”
“I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
- 2.An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
- 3.A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
- 4.A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
- 5.Homosexual male
adjective
- 1.Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
- 2.Unfair.
- 3.Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
- 4.Unpleasant or unhappy.
interjection
- 1.Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
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