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Bum
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Bum
A person unable or unwilling to work, and who therefore must beg for money. The term has a derogatory connotation, implying laziness. A large number of bums in an area may indicate economic dilapidation.


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Put them with in-form COLCHESTER (6-5) to give the bum's rush to woeful Rushden.
Instruct personnel to give the bum's rush to any male who seems to spend a lot of his time at his desk quietly weeping about the failure of his father to initiate him into the mysteries of manhood.
 
 
 
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