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    bum 1 (bŭm)
    n.
    1. A tramp; a vagrant.
    2. A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
    3. An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person: The batter called the pitcher a bum.
    4. One who is devoted to a particular activity or milieu: a beach bum.
    v. bummed, bum·ming, bums
    v.intr.
    1. To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around.
    2. To loaf.
    v.tr.
    1. To acquire by begging; cadge. See Synonyms at cadge.
    2. Slang To depress, dishearten, or dismay. Often used with out.
    adj.
    1. Inferior; worthless: gave me bum advice; did a bum job of fixing the car.
    2. Disabled; malfunctioning: a bum shoulder.
    3. Unfavorable or unfair: got a bum deal on my final grade for the course.
    4. Unpleasant; lousy: had a bum time at the party.
    Idiom:
    on the bum
    1. Living as a vagrant or tramp.
    2. Out of order; broken.



    This is what I found about the spelling I may be wrong

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