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crumbum (plural crumbums)

1. (slang) An objectionable or foolish person.
   • 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Little, Brown and Company, OCLC 287628, page 128:

     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.

   • 1987, James A. Michener, Centennial‎, →ISBN, page 9:

     Don't let this crumbum talk you into doing his dirty work. He's known as the literary pimp of Sixth Avenue.

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