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On the bum

prep_phrase, slang

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  1. 1
    Living as a vagrant; homeless. US, slang

    "I ask, how many of these hobos, who are on the bum, have the courage to ask for the drink?"

  2. 2
    On a drinking spree. US, obsolete
  3. 3
    Not working; out of order. US, slang

    "My typewriter's on the bum—and I'm just lost. One gets so used to one that you're very dependent."

  4. 4
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, bum.

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