Meanings
plural crumbums · alternative crumb-bum
- slangAn objectionable or foolish person.
You said it, crumb-bum. We was undeforted!
2006 December 18, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Decemberween Short Shorts”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Coach Z (Matthew Chapman)2 more examples
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 128Don't let this crumbum talk you into doing his dirty work. He's known as the literary pimp of Sixth Avenue.
1987, James A. Michener, Centennial, →ISBN, page 9
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