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A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.

An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

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.

Of poor quality or highly undesirable.

Example: bum note

Unfair.

Example: bum deal

Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.

Example: I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.

Unpleasant or unhappy.

Example: He had a bum trip on that mescaline.

A disappointment, a pity, a shame.

Example: That's a total bummer.

Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).

Homosexual male